Avago Provides Optocoupler for Industrial and Communication

(Product News, 28 Jul 2006)

Avago Technologies has introduced a high-speed, low-power digital optocoupler for developers of Ethernet switch boxes used in industrial and office networks. Avago’s ACPL-M60L, which offers power and space savings, is a solution for designers of industrial and office networks who are planning to build smaller network devices that require less power to operate. 0The ACPL-M60L is also for use in motor control applications, networking power distribution systems used in Ethernet networks, and factory automation equipment. This high-speed optocoupler can also be used in many other telecommunications applications such as System Management Buses (SMBus) in Private Branch Exchange (PBX) systems that route calls in central office networks, and wireless base stations.

With an operating voltage of 3.3-volts, the ACPL-M60L is optimized for low-power consumption, and is compatible with low-voltage Transistor-to-Transistor Logic (TTL) and Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) logic to simplify system designs by eliminating the need for buffer circuits. The combination of short propagation delay and low pulse width distortion at high switching speeds makes this optocoupler particularly suitable for high-speed Fieldbus and Controller Area Network (CAN) Bus industrial networks. Supplied in an SO 5 small-outline surface mount package, the ACPL-M60L helps to save space on printed circuit boards by replacing conventional 300-mil dual-inline (DIP) packages used in Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C) buses, Power-over-Ethernet (PoE)-compliant and SMBus applications.

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