National Semiconductor Announces Availability of First BiCMOS Logic Device For Space Applications; 54ABT244 Octal Buffer/Line Driver Features 4.8ns Speed, Low Noise, High Drive And Low Power Consumption.SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 12, 1996--An integrated Octal A numbering system that uses eight digits. It is used as a shorthand method for representing binary characters that use six-bits. Each three bits (half a character) is converted into a single octal digit. Okta is Greek for 8. Buffer and Line Driver with Tri-State Outputs -- incorporating the fastest BiCMOS logic available -- is fully qualified for Space applications and now offered by National Semiconductor's Mil/Aero Division. The Advanced BiCMOS Technology (ABT ABT About ABT Abteilung (German: Department) ABT Abbott Laboratories (stock symbol) ABT American Ballet Theatre ABT Associação Brasileira de Telemarketing ABT Abort ABT Availability Based Tariff ) 54ABT244 features a quick 4.8ns (nanosecond (1) One billionth of a second. Used to measure the speed of logic and memory chips, a nanosecond can be visualized by converting it to distance. In one nanosecond, electricity travels approximately a foot in a wire. ) propagation delay while providing low-noise, high-drive and low-power consumption capabilities. Designed to continue National's leadership in Space-oriented logic, the ABT family provides buffer/line driver, transceiver, flip-flop and latch functions in octal and 16-bit bus driving applications for Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) space vehicles. The ABT family can also be employed as a memory and address driver, clock driver or bus-oriented transmitter/receiver. High-speed ABT logic enables designers to increase system performance by easily upgrading from lower-performance logic families (such as FAST, BCT BCT Brigade Combat Team BCT Basic Combat Training BCT Best Conventional Pollutant Control Technology (EPA) BCT Business Cards Tomorrow BCT Banque Centrale de Tunisie (Central Bank of Tunisia) and FCT-T). Moreover, designers can achieve this higher performance while retaining such excellent features as low noise (ground bounce) of 0.8V (Volp) for quiet operation and high drive output of 48mA (Iol) that requires no additional drivers. ABT Logic devices also have very low static and dynamic power consumption for power efficiency, such as a standby current of 50 microamps and an active current of less than 0.1mA/MHz. Tri-state outputs guarantee uninterrupted high impedance throughout the entire power-up/power-down cycles ranging from zero to 5.5 volts. ABT logic also incorporates extended AC specifications that precisely define guaranteed propagation delays, skew and noise with multiple outputs under various loads. National's Mil/Aero ABT products are fully specified over the entire military temperature range (-55 to +125 degrees C) and build on the advantages of BiCMOS technology. BiCMOS combines bipolar outputs that provide the high drive with the low noise features and the low power consumption of CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. , important in power-sensitive Space applications. Also, less shielding is required for Space applications due to the device's radiation tolerance of 10Krad RHA RHA Residence Hall Association RHA Regional Health Authority RHA Road Haulage Association RHA Rental Housing Association RHA Royal Horse Artillery (a British Regiment) RHA Royal Hibernian Academy (Si). Packaging and Availability The 54ABT244QML-V (full nomenclature) is available now through selected distributors in several packaging configurations, such as ceramic DIPs, ceramic FPs (flat packs) and ceramic LCCs (leadless chip carriers) for design. National's logic device fully meets Mil-Prf 38535 QML-V under the company's newly validated QML QML Quest Markup Language (XML-based gaming language) QML Qualified Manufacturing Line QML Qualified Manufacturer's List QML Qualified Materials List system. This further underscores the company's commitment to provide systems-oriented solutions for mil/aero customers. The device has a Defense Electronics Supply Center (DESC desc description DESC descending DESC Defense Energy Support Center DESC Defense Electronics Supply Center DESC District Explorer Scout Commissioner (UK) DESC Detroit Executive Service Corps (Michigan) ) Standard Microcircuit A miniaturized, electronic circuit, such as is found on an integrated circuit. See chip and MCM. Drawing (SMD (1) (Storage Module Device) A high-performance hard disk interface used with minis and mainframes that transfers data in the 1-4 MBytes/sec range (SMD-E provides highest rate). See hard disk. ) number: 5962-9214701VxA. For more information on the 54ABT244QML-V or other National system-oriented products, please contact the National Semiconductor Customer Response Group at 1-800-272- 9959 or visit our World Wide Web site at http://www.national.com. National Semiconductor Corporation provides Technologies for Moving and Shaping Information. The company focuses on four strategic markets: Communications, personal systems, industrial and consumer. Headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., National has 20,000 employees worldwide. In fiscal 1996, the company reported sales of $2.6 billion. CONTACT: National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara Gerry Ziegler, 408/721-4319 (Editorial Contact) gerry.ziegler@nsc.com or Reader Information, 800/272-9959 World Wide Web: http://www.national.com |
|
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion