Avago Technologies Expands Industry's Fastest, Dual-Supply Voltage Optocoupler Family


Reliable, High-Speed Product Extends Company's Reach Into Industrial, Test and Measurement Markets

Electronica
Booth #243 in Hall A4

MUNICH, Germany -- Avago Technologies today announced the latest addition to its line of high-speed digital CMOS optocouplers. At 25 Megabaud (MBd), the new ACPL-772L is the industry's fastest, dual-supply voltage (3.3 V and 5 V) optocoupler in a DIP-8 package. With its unprecedented speed and the ability to support up to 5 kV in isolation voltage protection, the ACPL-772L is ideal for not only high-speed data-line transmission applications, but also those operating in higher voltages, such as test and measurement products. Avago is a leading supplier of innovative semiconductor solutions for advanced communications, industrial and commercial applications.

Avago's new ACPL-772L supports a wide temperature range of -40 degrees C to +105 degrees C, provides creepage and clearance of greater than 7mm, and offers a low pulse width distortion of 6 nanosecond (ns) maximum, which helps to maintain high data integrity over longer distances. The device exhibits a high common-mode rejection of 10 kV/microsecond minimum, with 40 ns maximum propagation delay and 20 ns maximum propagation delay skew.

As the ACPL-772L can operate in dual supply voltages, designers of digital fieldbus (DeviceNet, PROFIBUS) and test and measurement applications have the flexibility in selecting supply voltages, reducing level-shifting circuitry and lowering power consumption. The ACPL-772L's approval in the following widely accepted international safety standards is pending: UL1577, CSA File CA88324 (Notice#5), and IEC/EN/DIN EN 60747-5-2.

U.S. Pricing and Availability

The ACPL-772L high-speed optocoupler is supplied in the DIP-8 package and is priced at $2.70 each in 10,000-piece quantities. The high-performance ACPL-772L is also available in an SO-8 package (ACPL-072L). Both products are available now through Avago Technologies' direct sales channels and worldwide distribution partners.

Avago will demonstrate its new products at booth #243 located in Hall A4 at Electronica this week in Munich from Nov. 14-17, 2006.

Avago Optoisolation Solutions

Avago Technologies is the No. 1 supplier of photo-IC optocouplers and ships hundreds of millions of products annually. The company provides the industry's broadest portfolio of optocouplers for use in a wide array of high voltage isolation applications ranging from power supply and motor control circuits to data communications and digital logic interface circuits. Avago is the technology leader in high speed, low voltage and high integration optocouplers, and offers the widest range of packages and worldwide safety approvals. Key products include multi-channel and bi-directional digital optocouplers, intelligent power module gate driver interface devices, 3.3 V and 5 V digital optocouplers, 100 KBaud to 50 MBaud digital logic gate optocouplers, 100 MBd magnetic isolators, gate drive and current sense optocouplers, solid state relays (MOSFET), phototransistors and analog and high-performance hermetic optocouplers. More information is available at www.avagotech.com/optocouplers.

About Avago Technologies

Avago Technologies is a leading supplier of innovative semiconductor solutions for advanced communications, industrial and commercial applications. With approximately 6,500 employees worldwide, Avago provides an extensive range of analog, mixed-signal and optoelectronic components and subsystems to more than 40,000 customers. The company's products serve four end markets: industrial and automotive, wired infrastructure, wireless communications, and computer peripherals. It is recognized for providing high-quality products along with strong customer service and the industry's best on-time delivery. Avago's heritage of technical innovation dates back 40 years to its Agilent/Hewlett-Packard roots. Information about Avago is available on the Web at www.avagotech.com.

Contacts
Avago Technologies
Alice Borda, 408-435-6384
alice.borda@avagotech.com

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