Avago Technologies Receives 2010 EDN China Innovation Award for Ultra-Low-Power Digital Optocouplers

ACPL-M61L/061L/064L/W61L/K64L Devices Selected as the “Leading Product” in Network and Communications Category

SAN JOSE, Calif., and SINGAPORE,  January 27, 2011

Avago Technologies (Nasdaq: AVGO), a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today announced that its 10 MBd ultra-low power digital optocoupler family for optical isolation applications was voted the Leading Product in the Network and Communications category of the 2010 EDN China Innovation Awards (http://award.ednchina.com/Product/Product_Detail.aspx?ProductId=924). Utilizing a unique integrated circuit design and thick insulation material, the ACPL-M61L/061L/064L/W61L/K64L optocouplers offer a significant reduction in power requirements without compromising isolation and insulation performance.

“We are pleased to have EDN China and its readers from the engineering community recognize the innovative features of our ultra-low-power optocouplers,” said Kheng-Jam Lee, director of marketing for optocoupler products at Avago. “These new 10 MBd digital optocouplers are enabling the next generation of energy-efficient optical isolation applications to operate at 90 percent less power than standard optocouplers. Our customers have been very pleased with their performance, not only for their ultra low power, but also for achieving minimum light output degradation of less than 5% over the operating lifetime with superior Avago LED technology.”

The ultra-low-power 10 MBd digital optocouplers provide high-voltage performance over the lifetime of the products while meeting the requirements of safe insulation for reinforced applications. This new optocoupler family targets designers of communication interfaces (RS485, CANBus, and I2C), microprocessor system interfaces, and digital isolation for A/D and D/A conversion applications. The optocouplers combine a high-efficiency LED and an integrated high-gain photo detector which results in low forward drive current (1.6 mA) that enables designers to interface the optocoupler input directly from the microcontroller output – eliminating the use of buffers to drive the LED. Moreover, the use of the LED input with a faraday shielded photodetector circuit enables best-in-class application level common-mode noise immunity (35kV/µs typical).

Samples and production quantities are available now through the Avago direct sales channel and via worldwide distribution partners. More information on Avago isolation amplifiers can be found at www.avagotech.com/optocouplers.

EDN China and EDNChina.com serve China’s electronics design community, with 40,000 subscribers to the print and digital editions of the magazine and over 400,000 registered online members. EDN China Innovation Awards honor the products and technologies that have transformed the electronics industry over the years. Registered readers of EDN China voted on the Innovation Award winners in nine categories, choosing from over 150 products from 81 companies. Experts from China's leading OEM companies, academic institutes and EDN China's editorial board were part of the judging process to determine the finalists.


About Avago Technologies

Avago Technologies is a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications. By leveraging its core competencies in III-V compound and silicon semiconductor design and processing, the company provides an extensive range of analog, mixed signal and optoelectronics components and subsystems to approximately 40,000 end customers. Backed by strong customer service support, the company's products serve four diverse end markets: wireless communications, wired infrastructure, industrial and automotive electronics, and consumer and computing peripherals. Avago has a global employee presence and heritage of technical innovation dating back 40 years to its Hewlett-Packard roots. Information about Avago is available on the Web at www.avagotech.com

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