April 26, 2007 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Power and Portable Applications
Bluetooth Headsets and Handheld GPS
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq:DIOD) , a leading global manufacturer
and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products
within the broad discrete and analog semiconductor markets, today
announced the launch of a new 300-mA fast transient response LDO, which
combines low quiescent current and adjustable regulation down to 1.0V
making it optimized for portable and low-power applications such as
mobile phones, digital media players, Bluetooth headsets and handheld
GPS.
Designed for simple integration into a wide variety of low-power
circuits, the new LDO can deliver up to 300mA from a 2V to 6V input
range and provides the faster transient response required increasingly
by today ’ s high speed logic, DSPs, and
micro-controllers, while still requiring only a standard 1uF ceramic
output capacitor, reducing the size and cost of this external component.
And it achieves this with a quiescent current half of what is typical
for a device of this performance. The AP133 is ideal to power the latest
fast-clock low-voltage core ICs currently used in many low power
portable applications. With a low quiescent current of 40 microamperes ( μ A),
the AP133 requires only a small amount of current to maintain regulation
from 0mA load to full load, thereby significantly extending battery
run-time; and the AP133 only sees an output voltage sag during fast load
transients of less than one-third that of its closest competitors.
“ The introduction of AP133 extends our
traditional LDO product range and marks the first of several new high
performance LDOs planned for introduction this year, ”
remarked Mark King, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing of Diodes
Incorporated. “ Targeting performance oriented
applications requiring the flexibility of adjustable output voltage down
to an industry leading 1.0V effectively opens our LDO product line to
the portable consumer electronic market. ”
Providing an adjustable output voltage from 5V down to 1.0V,
approximately 20% lower than comparable devices, this LDO also features
circuit-protection capabilities such as over-current protection,
short-circuit protection, and thermal shutdown preventing system
failures. With highly accurate output-voltage regulation, including +/-
2 percent accuracy, the AP133 helps to ensure accurate, reliable system
operation from – 40 ° C
to +85 ° C ambient temperature range.
The adjustable LDO, AP133, is offered in the small SOT-25 package and in
a 35% smaller package option, the micro 2mm x 2mm DFN2020-6 package,
ideal for both industrial and portable applications.
About Diodes Incorporated
Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq:DIOD) an S&P SmallCap 600 Index company, is
a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application
specific standard products within the broad discrete and analog
semiconductor markets, serving the consumer electronics, computing,
communications, industrial and automotive markets. Diodes products
include diodes, rectifiers, transistors, MOSFETs, protection devices,
functional specific arrays, power management devices including DC-DC
switching and linear voltage regulators, amplifiers and comparators, and
Hall-effect sensors. The Company has its corporate offices in Dallas,
Texas, with a sales, marketing, engineering and logistics office in
Southern California; design centers in Dallas, San Jose and Taipei; a
wafer fabrication facility in Missouri; two manufacturing facilities in
Shanghai; a fabless IC plant in Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan;
engineering, sales, warehouse and logistics offices in Taipei and Hong
Kong, and sales and support offices throughout the world. With its
recent asset acquisition of APD Semiconductor, a privately held
U.S.-based fabless semiconductor company, Diodes acquired proprietary SBR ®
technology. Diodes, Inc. ’ s product focus is on
high-growth end-user equipment markets such as TV/Satellite set-top
boxes, portable DVD players, datacom devices, ADSL modems, power
supplies, medical devices, wireless notebooks, flat panel displays,
digital cameras, mobile handsets, DC to DC conversion, Wireless 802.11
LAN access points, brushless DC motor fans, and automotive applications.
For further information, including SEC filings, visit the Company ’ s
website at http://www.diodes.com (Related) .
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Contacts
Diodes Incorporated
Mark King, Sr. VP, Sales & Marketing,
805-446-4800
or
CCG
Crocker Coulson, President
646-213-1915
(NY office)
310-477-9800 ext 103 (LA Office)
crocker.coulson@ccgir.com (Related)
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