Fairchild's New Video Filter/Drivers Reduce Board Space by 20% in Consumer Video Designs; New Family of Highly Integrated Devices Significantly Improves Image Quality

Business Wire, Nov 30, 2004

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Building on its industry-leading portfolio of video-related solutions, Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE:FCS) today announced a new family of highly integrated video filter/drivers -- the FMS6143, FMS6145 and FMS6146. Featuring fully integrated functionality, these multi-channel devices offer video designers an active approach that provides a number of design benefits. Compared to typical passive approaches, the FMS6143, FMS6145 and FMS6146 significantly decrease test and design time, reduce inventory and increase image quality in DVD, LCD, TV, set-top box and other digital consumer products. These integrated video filter/drivers also eliminate the need for multiple discrete components. For example, the 6-channel FMS6146 replaces as many as 80 parts to help designers lower pick-and-place design costs and reduce board space by up to 20% in video applications.

"Fairchild's integrated video filter/drivers offer more compact and reliable alternatives over discrete passive filter solutions, opening up new opportunities in high-volume applications," says Ben Takada, Fairchild's application engineering manager for video products. "The world's leading OEMs in digital consumer applications are already embracing this family of video filter/drivers based on the performance and cost-competitive benefits these devices provide."

The 3-, 5- and 6-channel, 4th order filter/drivers improve image quality when used to replace discrete products in traditional 3rd order passive solutions. Compared to passive designs, they provide better inband and stopband filter characteristics that reduce artifacts in video signals and result in higher image quality. By providing 8 MHz cut-off frequency and 48 dB stopband attenuation, these devices meet standard definition (SD) video requirements, while allowing them to be used as anti-aliasing or reconstruction video out filter drivers. Internal diode clamps and bias circuitry enable the video filter/drivers to accommodate AC- or DC-coupled input signals. The outputs on each device can drive AC- or DC-coupled single (150 Ohms) or dual (75 Ohms) coaxial cable loads, eliminating the need for expensive output coupling capacitors and reducing design cost.

The FMS6143, FMS6145 and FMS6146 are available in SOIC and TSSOP packages. These products are lead-free (Pb-free) and meet or exceed the requirements of the joint IPC/JEDEC standard J-STD-020B and are compliant with the European Union requirements that will take effect in 2005.

The new FMS6143, FMS6145 and FMS6146 video filter/drivers add to Fairchild's growing portfolio of products, including data converters, amplifiers, MOSFETs, optocouplers, regulators, LEDs and LED drivers designed for set-top box, DVD player, HDTV and other consumer applications.

Price (each, 1000 count): US $0.50--FMS6143 (3-channel, SOIC);
                          US $0.68--FMS6145 (5-channel, TSSOP);
                          US $0.76--FMS6146 (6-channel, TSSOP).

Availability:             Now

Delivery:                 4 weeks ARO

For more information about these products, please go to http://www.fairchildsemi.com/pf/FM/FMS6143.html, http://www.fairchildsemi.com/pf/FM/FMS6145.html and http://www.fairchildsemi.com/pf/FM/FMS6146.html. For information on other Fairchild products, design tools, and sales contacts, please visit http://www.fairchildsemi.com.

Editor's Note: Datasheets of these products in PDF format are available at: http://www.fairchildsemi.com/ds/FM/FMS6143.pdf, http://www.fairchildsemi.com/ds/FM/FMS6145.pdf and http://www.fairchildsemi.com/ds/FM/FMS6146.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.