Fairchild's products power your world

   No matter where you go, there we are, providing power for applications as diverse as cellular phones, handheld computers, Internet servers, telecommunications equipment, and household appliances. From the wall outlet all the way to the circuit board, Fairchild's high performance power analog and power discrete products convert power, manage power, distribute power, and conserve power, utilizing industry-leading processes, circuit designs, and package technologies.

   Take a look at a typical battery-powered portable product, such as a notebook computer or cellular phone handset. Failchild's low drop out (LDO) linear regulators regulate the multitude of voltage levels used throughout these systems. As technology moves toward distributed power designs, systems need many different voltage levels, increasing the need for LDO circuits. In addition, at each point where the voltage level needs to change, our low resistance PowerTrench® power MOSFETs save power while providing specified voltages. In a typical notebook computer application, as many as eight MOSFETs are needed to meet varying voltage requirements. This one-two punch uniquely positions Fairchild in the semiconductor world, providing analog and discrete solutions to a wide array of power problems.

   Fairchild's power expertise extends far beyond motherboard power management. Fairchild's new buck-boost regulators provide power management for the screens on cellular phones. Fairchild's analog PWM controllers and power MOSFETs also shine in DC-DC conversion and switch mode power supply applications. Where designers need to convert alternating current (AC) voltages to direct current (DC) voltages, our high voltage offline analog power switches and fast charging IGBT power transistors can be found in applications such as battery chargers and AC adaptors for battery-powered products.

    We're even combining our non-volatile memory technology with analog circuitry to provide intelligent power control. Our ACEx™ product line is used for fuel-gauging applications which monitor how much energy remains in a battery, letting you know just how much talk time is left in your cellular phone.

    Fairchild's high voltage regulators and power MOSFETs are used in all types of power supplies, from DC-DC power bricks used in distributed power applications in telecommunications switches and Internet servers, to power supplies for set top boxes, personal computers, monitors, displays, and household appliances. In many of these applications, our TinyLogic™ products utilize some of the industry's smallest packaging to provide electronic signal routing and control. And Fairchild's high speed optocouplers provide optical isolation within power supplies to protect all of us from dangerous voltage levels found in products we all use every day.

    Every electronic product needs power. And no matter where you go, if power is being provided, there we are.