Optocoupler is for hybrid electric vehicle applications.
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Complying with automotive AEC-Q100 guidelines, ACPL-312T provides 2.5 A max peak output current to drive high powered IGBTs/MOSFETs and operates in temperatures from -40°C to +125°C. Propagation delay of 0.5 µsec allows circuit designer to reduce switching dead time and improve inverter efficiency. It offers min CMR of 25 kV/µsec at VCM = 1,500 V for noise elimination and undervoltage lockout for additional protection.
Original Press Release:
Avago Technologies Announces Automotive Grade 2.5A Gate Drive Optocoupler
Specifically Designed for Hybrid Electrics Vehicles, Inverter Drives and Power Management Systems
NUREMBERG, Germany, PCIM, May 27, 2008
Avago Technologies today announced a new gate drive optocoupler targeting automotive hybrid electric vehicle applications. The company is a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications. Designed to meet stringent automotive AEC-Q100 guidelines, Avago's new ACPL-312T provides 2.5A maximum peak output current to drive high powered IGBTs/MOSFETs and operates up to a high temperature rating of 125°C. Additionally, a propagation delay of 0.5 µs allows the circuit designer to reduce switching dead time and improve inverter efficiency.
Avago manufactures automotive optocouplers that support TS16949 requirements and are qualified for automotives electronics council (AEC) guidelines under extreme environmental test conditions. The test is performed under AEC-Q100 stress test guidelines that are suitable for operating in automotive applications. In addition to automotive requirements, the ACPL-312T optocouplers meet worldwide safety standards (UL1577, EN/IEC 60747-5-2 and CSA).
Avago's ACPL-312T optocoupler leverages an automotive-grade LED that was developed and produced in-house. The gate drive optocouplers has an enhanced construction with superior thermal conductivity, making it suitable for isolation needs in automotive, industrial inverters and power management applications over operating temperature from -40°C to 125°C. It offers high CMR (min 25 kV/µs @ VCM = 1500V) which makes it excellent for noise elimination and provides under voltage lockout (UVLO) for additional product protection.
More information on the ACPL-312T will be showcased at the PCIM conference in booth number 126 taking place the week of May 27-29 at the Hall 12 located in Nuremberg, Germany.
Pricing and Availability
Pricing begins at $1.88 each in 10,000 piece quantities and is available through Avago's direct sales channel or worldwide distribution partners.
About Avago's Optocoupler and Isolation 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 analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications. By leveraging its core competencies in III-V compound and silicon semiconductor design and processing, the company provides an extensive range of analog, mixed signal and optoelectronics components and subsystems to more than 40,000 customers. Backed by strong customer service support, the company's products serve four diverse end markets: industrial and automotive, wired infrastructure, wireless communications, and computer peripherals. Avago has a global employee presence and heritage of technical innovation dating back 40 years to its Hewlett-Packard roots. Information about Avago is available on the Web at www.avagotech.com.
