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Fairchild Semiconductor
82 Running Hill Rd
M/S 35-3B
South Portland, ME
04106
United States of America
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207.775.8761
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www.fairchildsemi.com
Fairchild Semiconductor's 150V Low RDS(ON) MOSFET Enables Higher Performance in Isolated DC-DC Applications
DC-DC designers need MOSFET solutions that offer lower switching losses and less noise in a compact footprint. Leveraging its advanced process and packaging technologies, as well as system expertise, Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS) has released a 150V MOSFET with low RDS(ON) (17mOhm MAX) and an optimized Figure of Merit (FOM) (17mOhm * 33nCº Max) to bring high efficiency, lower power dissipation and less heat in a 5mm x 6mm MLP footprint.
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Fairchild Semiconductor's Fully Integrated Power Supply Module Provides Advanced DC-DC Solution for Portable, Industrial and Medical Applications
Design and system engineers of consumer, industrial and medical electronics employing low dropout regulators (LDO) have sacrificed DC-DC regulator efficiency, which adversely affects the overall efficiency of the design, in order to take advantage of an LDO's ease-of-use. Fairchild Semiconductor's power DC-DC micro-module offers customers the ability to reduce board space, reduce component count and improve the overall system efficiency of their designs. Alternative efficiency improvement methods include implementing a traditional DC-DC switching converter, which requires in-house design capability and delays time-to-market.
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Fairchild Semiconductor's Reset Timer Simplifies Smartphone "White Screen of Death" Restart
As Smartphones increase in popularity, driven by consumer demand for feature-rich functionality, problems arise from sometimes imperfect and multiple software systems. The most dreaded problem is the "white screen of death;" where a Smartphone "locks-up" requiring a restart, which often involves removing the battery.
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Fairchild Semiconductor Receives Celestica's 2009 Total Cost of Ownership Supplier Award
Fairchild Semiconductor has been awarded a 2009 Total Cost of Ownership (TCOOTM) Supplier Award from Celestica, a global leader in the delivery of end-to-end product lifecycle solutions. The awards program recognizes suppliers that support Celestica's TCOO sourcing strategy to provide its customers with the best possible supply chain solution for their products.
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Fairchild Semiconductor Addresses Emerging Trends in Video Design
Fairchild Semiconductor offers designers video filter solutions that support the move to higher video definition, mobile video and new output requirements, while optimizing system power consumption.
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Fairchild Semiconductor's Integrated USB Switch Reduces Space and Optimizes Mobile Designs
Focusing on analog and power functions that enhance user satisfaction and market success, Fairchild Semiconductor offers mobile handset designers an auto-selecting Hi-Speed USB switch with an integrated cap-free headphone audio amplifier. The FSA2000 is an industry first, and reduces component count, board space and BOM cost.
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Locally-Driven Taiwan Solutions Highlight Fairchild Semiconductor's Leadership Position in Power Performance and Rapidly-Expanding Mobile Markets
Fairchild is a leading global supplier of high performance power and mobile products. As such, the company's Taiwan operations are a key element of global new product development, making Taiwan a critical piece of the company's business and technology initiatives aimed at future strategic growth.
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Fairchild Semiconductor's USB Technology Differentiates Mobile Designs
USB has become the universal interface for mobile applications. The USB port has evolved from a pure data portal to a means for file transfers, battery-charging, music listening and factory programming. To better support the industry's convergence into one connector, Fairchild's new USB transceiver and USB accessory detection switch bring functional enhancements without adding design complexity or increasing space and power in mobile designs.
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Fairchild Semiconductor's 5V TinyBoost™ Regulator Facilitates a Richer User Experience in Smartphones and PMPs
As portable devices begin to overtake the PC-centric world, it is increasingly important that cell phones, smartphones, digital cameras and other devices are able to communicate with each other. To enable this, Fairchild Semiconductor's FAN4860, a 5V 300mA TinyBoost regulator offers power for USB On-the-Go (OTG) and HDMI communication circuits, combining a high level of efficiency as well as a small form factor.
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Fairchild Semiconductor's LED Drivers Enable Design Flexibility and Extend Battery
Fairchild Semiconductor brings designers of mobile handsets, gaming devices, MP3 players and other small display applications LED drivers that deliver 92 percent peak efficiency, extending battery life.
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Fairchild Semiconductor's USB Technology Differentiates Mobile Designs
USB has become the universal interface for mobile applications. The USB port has evolved from a pure data portal to a means for file transfers, battery-charging, music listening and factory programming. To better support the industry's convergence into one connector, Fairchild's new USB transceiver and USB accessory detection switch bring functional enhancements without adding design complexity or increasing space and power in mobile designs.
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Fairchild Semiconductor's Logic Translator Resolves Compatibility Challenges in Mixed Voltage Applications
Many of today's electronic devices have multiple operating ranges, causing voltage compatibility issues. To address this challenge, Fairchild Semiconductor's (NYSE: FCS) 8-bit, auto direction, logic level translator, the FXMA108, resolves compatibility issues in a mixed voltage environment. Its auto-direction feature eliminates the need for a direction control pin, and reduces traces in notebook, smartbook, set-top box and portable medical designs.
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Fairchild Semiconductor Receives Excellent Supplier Award for Third Consecutive Year from Longcheer
Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS), a leading global supplier of high performance power and mobile products, has received an Excellent Supplier Award from Longcheer Holdings, a leading mobile handset design house in China, for the third consecutive year.
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Fairchild Semiconductor Technologists to Present Future Trends in Power Electronics at PCIM China
Fairchild Semiconductor technologists will join experts from industry and academia in presenting papers on the latest developments and the future trends in power electronics at The Power Conversion, Intelligent Motion (PCIM) China Conference to be held in Shanghai from June 1-3, 2010.
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Fairchild Semiconductor Receives Strategic Supplier Award from Power One
Fairchild Semiconductor recently received a Strategic Supplier Award from Power One, a leader in digital power technology (DPT) and a provider of renewable energy and energy-efficient power conversion and power management solutions.
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Fairchild Semiconductor's MicroFET MOSFET Shrinks Its Footprint for Portable Designs
Portable designers continue to look for solutions that offer higher efficiency in smaller and thinner form factors. To meet this need, Fairchild Semiconductor offers a portfolio of high performance MicroFET MOSFETs packaged in an ultra-compact and thin footprint (1.6mm x 1.6mm x 0.55mm).
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Fairchild Semiconductor Executive to Speak at Key Financial Conference
Fairchild Semiconductor, a leading global supplier of high performance power and mobile products, today announced that Dan Janson, vice president Investor Relations, will present at Baird's 2010 Growth Stock Conference on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 7:45 am CDT.
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Fairchild Semiconductor to Highlight Energy-Efficient Lighting Solutions at PCIM Europe
Fairchild Semiconductor will highlight its LED lighting solutions at PCIM Europe. Fairchild will also feature its leading power technologies and application demos that highlight Fairchild's innovative AC-DC, DC-DC and automotive designs.
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Fairchild Semiconductor Reports Results for the First Quarter of 2010
Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS), a leading global supplier of high performance power and mobile products, today announced results for the first quarter ended March 28, 2010. Fairchild reported first quarter sales of $378 million, up 7 percent from the prior quarter and 69 percent higher than the first quarter of 2009.
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Fairchild Semiconductor and Infineon Technologies Enter Into Compatibility Agreement for Power MOSFETs
Fairchild Semiconductor and Infineon Technologies, today announced a packaging partnership for their power MOSFETs in the MLP 3x3 (Power33™ or S3O8) and PowerStage 3x3 packages. The compatibility agreement is in response to the need for supply security while balancing the drive towards best-in-class efficiency and thermal performance in DC-DC conversion. It takes advantage of the expertise both companies offer for asymmetric, dual and single MOSFETs for DC-DC applications from 3A to 20A.
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Fairchild Semiconductor to Highlight Energy-Efficient Lighting Solutions at PCIM Europe
Fairchild Semiconductor will highlight its LED lighting solutions at PCIM Europe. Fairchild will also feature its leading power technologies and application demonstrations that innovate AC-DC, DC-DC and automotive designs.
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Operational Amplifier Brings Low Power Consumption to Portable and Consumer Designs
Answering the need for both low power consumption and a small form factor in portable and consumer designs, Fairchild Semiconductor's FAN4931 operational amplifier consumes only 200µA of power and is housed in a small 5-pin SC-70 package, with an industry-standard footprint.
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Fairchild Semiconductor Announces Conference Call for First Quarter 2010 Financial Results
Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS) will hold its first quarter 2010 financial results conference call on Thursday, April 15, at 9:00 a.m. ET. The company will release its first quarter 2010 results that day before the market opens.
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High Performance Optocoupler Wins Product of the Year Award from EN-Genius
Fairchild Semiconductor's high performance optocoupler, the FOD8001, has received an EN-Genius Network 2009 Product of the Year award for Best New Optocoupler. With the FOD8001, system engineers are able to design a strong industrial fieldbus network with low transmission error rates, low system failure rates and proven reliability over an extended period of time.
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Ultra FRFET MOSFETs Simplify Design and Reduce Component Count in LCD TVs
Fairchild Semiconductor's (NYSE: FCS) solutions for LCD TV power applications provide designers with significant advantages when compared to traditional methodologies in use today. Fairchild's latest innovation optimizes component count, simplifies design and offers better reliability – all leading up to significant savings.
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Fairchild Semiconductor Addresses Customers' Need for a Compact Backlighting Solution in Portable Designs
Fairchild continues to meet customers' needs for a compact, flexible solution that saves power while enabling more features in today's battery-operated, portable electronics. The FAN5341 is a highly efficient LED driver solution that improves brightness and resolution in portable designs, while offering 32 linear dimming steps and driving up to five white LEDs in series. By driving the LEDs in series this device ensures that all the LEDs used in applications such as mobile handsets, digital still cameras, GPS devices, MP3 players and other applications using small LCD displays have equal brightness.
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Fairchild Semiconductor offre la plus large gamme de contrôleurs PSR PWM.
La gamme des contrôleurs PSR PWM de Fairchild Semiconductor propose aux concepteurs de chargeurs mobiles, d'adaptateurs et de solutions d'éclairage LED la capacité de répondre aux spécifications les plus strictes en matière d'alimentation comme l'ENERGY STAR® Niveau V.
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La gamme TinyLogic de Fairchild Semiconductor joue un nouveau rôle : celui d'économiseur d'énergie
Avec une croissance de 15% du marché des téléphones mobiles jusqu'en 2011* et l'attrait croissant des consommateurs pour des téléphones riches en fonctionnalités pour leur usage quotidien, il existe un besoin croissant pour un allongement constant de l'autonomie de fonctionnement sur batterie. Fairchild Semiconductor y répond d'une façon innovante avec les circuits TinyLogic low gate ICCT, solutions qui diminuent le risque de consommation électrique cachée pouvant se produire dans les appareils avec alimentation mixte et fonctionnalités riches comme les téléphones mobiles, les smart phones et les applications médicales.
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Fairchild Semiconductor's TinyLogic Family Tackles New Role as Power Saver
With a 15 percent growth in mobile phones expected in 2011 and consumers' increased reliance on feature-rich mobile phones for daily life, there is a growing need for longer and longer battery life. As an innovative way of addressing this, Fairchild Semiconductor's Low ICCT gate TinyLogic devices provide solutions to reduce the potential of hidden power consumption that can occur in mixed supply voltage mobile designs in feature-rich mobile products such as mobile handsets, smart phones and medical applications.
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Fairchild Semiconductor's PowerTrench® N-Channel WL-CSP MOSFETs Save Battery Life, Board Space in Portable Applications
Design and component engineers for portable applications, such as cell phones, portable medical devices and portable media players, need efficient and space-saving devices for their designs. Fairchild Semiconductor's (NYSE: FCS) N-Channel MOSFETs, the FDZ192NZ and FDZ372NZ, answer that need by providing lower RDS(ON) ratings, increasing efficiency and extending battery life, through the use of advanced PowerTrench® process technology.
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Fairchild Semiconductor Minimizes Power Losses in Multi-Stage Power Supplies
To meet ENERGY STAR regulations and reduce their carbon footprint, power-electronic design teams continue to push efficiency towards the 100 percent rating, bringing higher system efficiency to PCs, servers, industrial power supplies and consumer electronics. Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS) has leveraged its expertise in power to develop a CCM PFC controller for 300W to 2kW power supply designs that bring high system efficiency, high power factor and low THD. Through its high level of integration, this CCM PFC controller eliminates 54 external components.
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Fairchild Semiconductor Announces Over-Voltage Protection Device with USB/Charger-Detection for Portable Applications
Fairchild Semiconductor offers designers of cell phones and handheld mobile products a device with highly integrated over-voltage protection (OVP) as well as USB/charger-detection capabilities. The newest member of Fairchild's OVP family, the FAN3988, allows the end user the flexibility to select an external P-Channel MOSFET with the specific on-resistance and current capability required by the application.
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Fairchild Semiconductor Files Patent Lawsuit Against Power Integrations in China
Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS) announced it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Power Integrations, Inc. in the People's Republic of China.
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Fairchild Semiconductor Offers Broadest Selection of PSR PWM Controllers
Fairchild Semiconductor's industry-leading portfolio of primary side regulation (PSR) PWM controllers offers designers of mobile chargers, adapters and LED lighting applications multiple solutions to meet the stringent power and regulatory specifications such as ENERGY STAR Level V.
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Fairchild Semiconductor Expands 3.3V Optocoupler Selection
Fairchild Semiconductor has developed 3.3V optocoupler products that offer excellent isolation, strong noise immunity and superior performance over a wide temperature range (up to 110ºC).
Industrial applications operate in harsh environments where electrical signals are processed in the presence of transients or continuous high voltages. Isolators, such as optocouplers, are instrumental in avoiding downtime from unexpected errors due to noise. These optocouplers help industrial designers create robust systems with low transmission error rates, low system failure rates and proven reliability over extended periods of time.
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Fairchild Semiconductor Demonstrates Power and Mobile Technology Leadership at IIC China 2010
Fairchild Semiconductor will show its latest power and mobile technology at IIC China 2010 in Booth #2K19, Hall 2, in the Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center on March 4 and 5, and Booth #8H01, 4F of the Shanghai Mart on March 15 and 16.
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Fairchild Answers DC-DC Design Challenge for High Efficiency in a Tiny Footprint
Answering a critical design challenge in industrial, computing and telecommunications systems for higher efficiency and power density, Fairchild has launched a MOSFET family enabling thinner, lighter and more compact power supply solutions, while continuing to deliver high efficiency and excellent thermal enhancements.
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Fairchild Semiconductor Recognized with Partnership Supplier Award from Chervon
Fairchild Semiconductor has received a Partnership Supplier Award from Chervon. Chervon is a top power tool manufacturer in China, producing power tools such as hand saws, drills, sanders and garden tools, with worldwide distribution.
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IntelliMAX Load Switches Address the Need for Longer Battery Life in Home and Diagnostic Metering Applications
Fairchild Semiconductor is addressing the need for lower power consumption and robust protection in a smaller package footprint for applications such as portable medical devices, digital cameras, GPS units, notebooks and cell phones.
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Fairchild Semiconductor Reports Results for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009
Fairchild Semiconductor today announced results for the fourth quarter ended December 27, 2009. Fairchild reported fourth quarter sales of $354.5 million, up 7 percent from the prior quarter and 11 percent higher than the fourth quarter of 2008.
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Fairchild Semiconductor Delivers Cutting-Edge Power Technologies for Energy-Efficient Designs at APEC 2010
Fairchild Semiconductor will show their industry-leading power technologies in lighting, motor and power supply designs at the 2010 Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exhibition, February 21-25, at the Palm Springs Convention Center in Palm Springs, California, booth #103.
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Fairchild Answers Market Trend for 4-Channel Set-Top Boxes and DVD Players
S-video is increasingly being phased out in many of today's video product platforms and 4-Channels are becoming a standard output configuration. Fairchild Semiconductor is enabling designers to accommodate this transition, with a 4-Channel integrated video filter that supports the set-top-box and DVD markets.
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Fairchild Semiconductor's TinyBuck Family
TinyBuck Family of Synchronous Buck Regulators for DC-DC Conversion
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Fairchild Semiconductor's China-Based Global Power ResourceSM Centers Deliver Innovative Solutions to Enable Energy-Efficient System Design
Fairchild's Global Power ResourceSM Centers (GPRCs), located in Shenzhen, Shanghai and Taipei, have further enhanced their reputation as a valuable resource for system design engineers around the world by announcing the development of a number of innovative, energy-efficient solutions. These solutions target a wide range of applications and markets including the rapidly emerging LED, netbook and PC power segments.
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Fairchild Semiconductor's New Energy-Efficient LED Driver Lights the Way at OSRAM
Fairchild Semiconductor has been selected by one of the world's largest lighting manufacturers, OSRAM, to supply LED driver solutions. The FSEZ1016A was developed by Fairchild to meet and exceed the stringent performance benchmarks set by OSRAM.
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Fairchild Semiconductor Extends Analog Video Filter Leadership
Fairchild Semiconductor offers designers of High Definition LCD-TVs, Blue Ray DVD players and HD set-top boxes a 6-Channel integrated video filter with 1080p HD capability. This new device simultaneously supports three channels of 1080p HD with filtering at 75 MHz and three channels of SD at 8 MHz.
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Fairchild Semiconductor's PWM Controllers Improve Efficiency at Light Load
Fairchild Semiconductor has developed a portfolio of pulse-width modulated controllers, which enable notebook power-supply designers to meet the stringent international energy-saving regulations. These include the ENERGY STAR External Power Supply (EPS) version 2.0 requirement that mandates 87 percent average active-mode efficiency to obtain compliance.
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Fairchild Semiconductor Supports SOS Children's Villages
Fairchild Semiconductor has donated a kitchen to a local initiative of SOS Children's Villages in Germany. The appliances were part of an energy-efficient demonstration and consisted of a refrigerator, washing machine, sink, range hood and cabinets.
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Fairchild Semiconductor Sponsors Turkey Trot Fittest Firm Competition
Fairchild Semiconductor is to participate in the Applied Materials 'Silicon Valley Turkey Trot'. Fairchild is sponsoring the Fittest Firm Competition, one of several races within the race, which challenges every company in Silicon Valley to register as many employees as they can for the race. This year's participation in the Fittest Firm Competition has more than doubled with over 190 companies and 1100 participants, up from 78 companies and 550 participants in 2008.
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Fairchild Semiconductor's MicroFET Targets Battery- Charging and Power-Multiplexing Applications
Fairchild Semiconductor's MicroFET thin package helps designers avoid compromising their designs by providing them with an industry-leading low profile package. Working with design engineers and procurement managers, Fairchild developed an integrated P-Channel PowerTrench MOSFET and Schottky diode, as a single-package solution to meet critical efficiency and thermal needs in battery charging and power-multiplexing applications.
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