Date: 25/04/2012

Temperature sensor from IDT for solid state disk drives

Integrated Device Technology (IDT) has announced a precision temperature sensor TS3000GB0A0 for low power solid state drive applications.

The IDT TS3000GB0A0 is a temperature sensor for enterprise server and storage applications that 1.8 V power supply for reduced power consumption and compatibility with the existing supply voltage for SSD memory modules.

The device meets the requirements of JEDEC JC42.4 specification for grade B temperature sensors over the temperature range of -20 °C to +125 °C. The analog to digital converter (ADC) enables programmable resolution up to 12 bits (0.0625°C) with conversion time of less than 100 nanoseconds. The sensor supports both SMBus and I2C interfaces for compatibility with the latest generation of flash memory and controllers. It features input glitch filtering and power-up voltage hysteresis to enhance fault tolerance.

"Enterprise SSDs can provide significant performance enhancements with lower power consumption in smaller footprints," said John Unsworth of Gartner research. "Demand for enterprise-grade SSDs has gained tremendous traction over the past few years. We predict unit shipments to grow by over 41 percent in the next five years while sales will more than quadruple for SSD providers during that timeframe."

"The SSD market is poised to grow explosively over the next decade and is an area of strategic focus for IDT," said Mario Montana, vice president and general manager of the enterprise computing division at IDT. "Our memory and SSD customers recognize IDT as a leader in high-performance and low-power system solutions. Our latest temperature sensor delivers these qualities and complements our extensive portfolio of enterprise server and storage solutions that includes PCI Express flash controllers and switches, timing, power management, and other memory interface products."

The sensor is available in RoHS compliant 8 pin TDFN package and samples are available for qualified customer. Each sensor is priced at $1.12 for volumes of 10,000 units.

For more information, visit http://www.idt.com/go/TempSensor