21st November 2006

Avago Launches New Components at Electronica – including half-watt LED for vehicles


At the Electronica show in Munich, Avago Technologies was amongst the many chip companies launching major new additions to their opto lines. In particular, introduced the industry’s first half-watt (0.5-W) high-brightness red-orange and amber LEDs in an automotive-industry-standard PLCC-4 surface-mount package.

At the other end of the spectrum, Avago Technologies introduced the industry’s thinnest SMT LEDs in the smallest industry-standard (0603) footprint available. With an ultra small form factor about the size of a pencil tip, these low-power LEDs use high-brightness chips to provide excellent illumination with minimum current consumption. The ChipLED lamps are available in blue and phosphor white -- the colours most widely used by handset manufacturers. The ultra-thin HSMR-CL25 (Blue) and HSMW-CL25 (White) LEDs are ideal for backlighting keypads and status indicators in the thinnest handsets, as well as for office automation devices and consumer electronics. Moreover, these new top emitting LED packages represent a lower-cost alternative to electroluminescent (EL) backlighting, eliminating the need for high voltages and difficulties with high-frequency electrical noise.

Another Avago auto industry first is the ‘automotive-grade’ 10 MBd digital interface optocoupler. Built to withstand temperatures of up to +125C, Avago says itss new ACPL-M61T is the only high speed digital optocoupler available to support the stringent requirements of various networking, communication and system management applications within hybrid electric vehicles.

Avago Technologies also added to its line of high-speed digital CMOS optocouplers. At 25 MBd, the new ACPL-772L is the industry's fastest, dual-supply voltage (3.3 V and 5 V) optocoupler in a DIP-8 package. With its unprecedented speed and the ability to support up to 5 kV in isolation voltage protection, the ACPL-772L is ideal for not only high-speed data-line transmission applications, but also those operating in higher voltages, such as test and measurement products. Avago is a leading supplier of innovative semiconductor solutions for advanced communications, industrial and commercial applications.

Also in optocouplers, Avago Technologies added the 25 MBd ACPL-772L, the industry's fastest, dual-supply voltage (3.3 V and 5 V) optocoupler in a DIP-8 package, it says. With its unprecedented speed and the ability to support up to 5 kV in isolation voltage protection, the ACPL-772L is ideal for not only high-speed data-line transmission applications, but also those operating in higher voltages, such as test and measurement products.

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