Fairchild Semiconductor Introduces the Industry's First Smart Power Module for Switched Reluctance Motors.

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine -- The FCAS50SN60 Offers 40% Space-Saving, Excellent Thermal Performance and Reliability over Discrete Solutions

Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE:FCS), the leading global supplier of products that optimize system power, introduces the world's first Smart Power Module (SPM(TM)) designed especially for driving single-phase switched reluctance motors (SRM) for vacuum cleaners. Fairchild's new 50 A-rated FCAS50SN60 Smart Power Module integrates a high-voltage IC (HVIC) and low-voltage IC (LVIC), IGBTs, fast recovery diodes and a thermistor in an ultra-compact (44mm x 26.8mm) Mini-DIP package. This package features Direct Bonded Copper (DBC) technology that significantly increases thermal performance. Compared to typical discrete solutions, Fairchild's FCAS50SN60 reduces power circuit space by up to 40%, enabling designers to incorporate the controller into the SRM assembly. This compact solution greatly reduces overall system size while simultaneously enhancing reliability.

"Fairchild's one-of-a-kind Smart Power Module, the FCAS50SN60, enables very compact and high-performance SRM drives in vacuum cleaner designs," said Taehoon Kim, vice president of Fairchild's high power product line. "This Smart Power Module is an example of Fairchild's expertise in understanding when to integrate different technologies and streamline existing ICs with advanced packaging technologies to meet the needs of the rapidly growing consumer appliances market."

The UL-certified FCAS50SN60, with its built-in HVIC, provides an optocoupler-less, single-supply IGBT gate driving capability that further reduces overall system size, and its integrated under-voltage lock-out (UVLO) and short-circuit (SC) protection ensures excellent reliability. The FCAS50SN60's optimized switching speed meets electromagnetic interference (EMI) requirements. In addition to saving space, the SPM's Mini-DIP package with innovative DBC technology provides extremely low thermal resistance (Rth(j-c) IGBT = 0.9 degrees C/W).

This unique Smart Power Module is the latest example of Fairchild's continued commitment to meet performance and environmental requirements for a broad range of consumer applications. Fairchild is the leading supplier of products that optimize system power covering the entire spectrum from 1V to 1200V and micro amps to over 600 amps. Fairchild has the insight and experience in the design and manufacturing of power products, and partners closely with leading manufacturers to provide products that answer compelling design challenges in a broad array of market segments.

Price:              USD$ 30.00 each (100 pcs)
Availability:       Now
Delivery:           12 weeks from ARO

For more information about the SRM Module FCAS50SN60, please go to http://www.fairchildsemi.com/pf/FC/FCAS50SN60.html. For information on other Fairchild products, design tools, and sales contacts, please visit http://www.fairchildsemi.com.

Editor's Note: A datasheet for this product in PDF format is available at http://www.fairchildsemi.com/ds/FC/FCAS50SN60.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 through minimization, conversion, management and distribution functions. Fairchild's 9,000 employees design, manufacture and market power, analog & mixed signal, interface, logic, and optoelectronics products from its headquarters in South Portland, Maine, USA and numerous locations around the world. Please contact us on the web at www.fairchildsemi.com.