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Article: Avago Technologies' tiny 2.5A gate drive optocoupler.(INNOVATIONS AND INNOVATORS)
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- EDN Asia
- Article date:
- March 1, 2008
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Avago Technologies has launched what's believed to be the smallest 2.5A gate drive optocoupler. The compact and highly integrated ACPL-H312 is available in a stretched SO-8 package, which is 40% smaller than conventional dual-inline packages (DIP). With under voltage lockout (UVLO) and low current consumption, this device effectively addresses isolation needs where space and efficiency is a premium, such as in IGBT/power MOSFET gate drives, AC and brushless DC motor drives, industrial inverters, air-conditioners, washing machines, and switching power ...