Date: 08/05/2012

Fairchild's compact gate driver optocoupler for high power industrial applications

Fairchild Semiconductor has developed an advanced 2.5A output current gate driver optocoupler 'FOD8320'. The device is suitable for high power industrial applications such as solar inverters, UPS, motor drives and harsh environment inverters that require wider creepage and clearance distances even with a 690VAC network.

Using Fairchild's Optoplanar packaging technology and optimized IC design, the FOD8320 optocoupler achieves reliable and high insulation voltage as well as high noise immunity. The device, housed in a wide body 5-pin small outline package, offers a compact footprint while allowing for a creepage and clearance distance greater than 10mm and 0.5mm internal insulation distance. Designed with 35kV/µs minimum common mode noise rejection (CMR), the FOD8320 eliminates the capacitive charge buildup that occurs in the over-under construction.

Features:
1. Supply voltage: 15V to 30V
2. Propagation delay: 400ns
3. Pulse width distortion: 100ns
4. Under voltage lockout (UVLO) with hysteresis
5. Extended industrial temperate range: -40 to 100°C

Samples are available upon request and the price for each is $2.85 in 1,000 quantities.
Delivery is made 8-12 weeks ARO.

Datasheet: http://www.fairchildsemi.com/ds/FO/FOD8320.pdf