Avago Delivers Gate Drive Optocouplers With Highest CMR Ratio

(Product News, 15 Nov 2006)

Avago Technologies has introduced three new gate drive optocouplers for reliability and performance. As equipment manufacturers in industrial automation and data center power supply markets transition to developing more energy efficient products, which require fast switching operation, Avago has engineered new optocouplers, what they claims, with industry’s highest common mode rejection (CMR) ratio (40 kV/µs VCM=1500V). Avago is a leading supplier of innovative semiconductor solutions for advanced communications, industrial and commercial applications.

Avago’s new ACPL-3130, ACPL-J313 and ACNW3130 gate drive optocouplers are applications such as isolated IGBT/ MOSFET-gate drives for industrial inverters, switching power supplies (SPS) and uninterruptible power supplies. The optocouplers deliver 2.5 A maximum peak output current. Additionally, the products support a wide operating voltage range (15 to 30 volts) required by gate-controlled devices.

As part of Avago’s extensive range of high-performance, isolated, gate drive optocouplers, the ACPL-3130 contains a GaAs LED while the ACPL-J313 and ACNW3130 contain an AIGaAs LED. The new optocouplers have received approval in accordance with the following safety standards: UL (pending), CSA (pending) and IEC/EN/DIN EN 60747-5-2.

The ACPL-3130 is priced at $1.56 in 10,000-piece quantities; the ACPL-J313 is priced at $1.89 in 10,000-piece quantities; and the ACNW3130 is priced at $2.50 in 10,000-piece quantities. All products are available now through Avago’s direct sales channel and worldwide distribution partners.

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