Fairchild Semiconductor's High-Bandwidth HDMI Switch Allows Designers to Easily Upgrade Existing Display Products for Multiple-Application Connectivity.

SOUTH PORTLAND, Me. -- FSHDMI04 Offers Industry's Highest ESD Rating, Lowest on-Capacitance and Other Device Benefits to Help Improve Performance in HDMI Designs

Broadening its portfolio of digital switch products, Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE:FCS) now offers a 1.65Gbps high-definition multi-media interface (HDMI) switch, allowing designers to easily add a second HDMI input to the circuitry in an existing display application. The FSHDMI04 switch can be utilized in an HDTV, for example, to enable connectivity between multiple applications such as DVDs, game consoles and set-top boxes. Compared to traditional designs requiring a separate receiver to add an HDMI connection, the FSHDMI04 significantly speeds design-cycle times by increasing functionality while reducing design complexity.

"HDMI connectivity is expected to soon become as ubiquitous as USB connections are now," said Jerry Johnston, Fairchild's product manager for Analog Switches. "The popularity of home theaters is driving this demand for displays with multiple HDMI inputs so that consumers can have two applications, such as a digital set-top box and a game station, hooked up to their high-definition TV. Our new high-bandwidth HDMI switch allows system designers to easily add a second port to their HDMI products without changing internal aspects of the application, or redesigning for an extra feature."

With the industry's highest ESD rating (8kV, all pins), the FSHDMI04 protects against system damage while eliminating the need for additional ESD-protection ICs. It also offers the industry's lowest on-capacitance (6.0pf typ/7.0pf max) and is the only HDMI switch to meet HDMI inter- and intra-pair skew specifications. These features can help designers enhance the performance characteristics of existing applications.

Additional benefits for the FSHDMI04 include:

--Supports data rates up to 1.65Gbps, per channel, for HDMI up to 1080p resolution and digital visual interface (DVI) connections for resolutions up to UXGA;

--High bandwidth (1GHz Rl=50Ohms, 900MHz Rl=50Ohms cl=5pF) for passing high-frequency digital data;

--Inter- and intra-pair skew maximum specification (150ps max); and

--Low power consumption (1uA max) for applications requiring lower power.

Available in a lead (Pb)-free 48-lead QVSOP package, the FSHDMI04 meets or exceeds the requirements of the joint IPC/JEDEC standard J-STD-020B and is compliant with the European Union requirements now in effect.

The FSHDMI04 expands Fairchild's line of high-performance solutions for the video switch market. Providing the industry's best combination of wide bandwidth, high signal quality and compact packaging, this portfolio includes the FSAV430/433/450 video switches.

Price (each):              US $1.80 (1000 pcs)
Availability:              Samples and demo board available now
Delivery:                  8 weeks ARO

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Editor's Note: For a datasheet in PDF format, please go to
http://www.fairchildsemi.com/ds/FS/FSHDMI04.pdf.

About Fairchild Semiconductor:

Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE:FCS) is the leading global supplier of high-performance power products critical to today's leading electronic applications in the computing, communications, consumer, industrial and automotive segments. As The Power Franchise(R), Fairchild offers the industry's broadest portfolio of components that optimize system power. Fairchild's 9,000 employees design, manufacture and market power, analog & mixed signal, interface, logic, and optoelectronics products. Please contact us on the web at www.fairchildsemi.com.