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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.

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