Fairchild Semiconductor's New 60V Trench MOSFET Devices Provide Industry's Lowest RDS-On and Exceptionally Low Gate Charge For 12V Automotive Applications

    San Jose, Calif.--Oct. 3, 2002--Fairchild Semiconductor introduces three new 60V N-Channel trench MOSFETs specifically designed for high-current automotive applications such as motor/body load control, ABS, power train management and injection systems.
    The FDB035AN06A0, FDP038AN06A0 and the FDD10AN06A0 are the first 60V devices from Fairchild's new line of medium-voltage (60V-150V) PowerTrench(R) products targeting automotive applications. (In May 2002, Fairchild announced three 75V trench MOSFETs for 42V automotive applications.) The MOSFETs in this family are successfully qualified according to the internationally accepted AEC Q101 standard and their PowerTrench technology offers the lowest RDS(on) per package type in the industry.
    With their very low gate charge, these medium-voltage devices are particularly well suited for high-power applications. Typically, in many of the new automotive applications several devices must be paralleled to achieve a very low overall switch resistance. But because of the low gate charge of PowerTrench MOSFETs, the required drive current -- and therefore the size of the drive circuitry -- is reduced. For example, the FDB035AN06A0 features a total gate charge of 124nC, combined with an ultra-low RDS(on) (3.5 milliohms maximum at room temperature in TO-263). For inductive load switching the device has an unclamped inductive surge (UIS) capability for single and repetitive pulses (625mJ at 70A).
    The following table summarizes the key electric characteristics of all three new parts:

Part Number   Breakdown     RDS(on)          Total Gate        Package
               Voltage  (RT max at Vgs=10V) Charge Qg(tot)
                                              (RT max)

FDB035AN06A0    60V       3.5 milliohms         124nC           TO-263

FDP038AN06A0    60V       3.8 milliohms         124nC           TO-220

FDD10AN06A0     60V      10.5 milliohms          37nC           TO-252

    "The FDB035AN06A0, FDP038AN06A0 and the FDD10AN06A are only the first of many new 60V PowerTrench MOSFETs we will release in the coming months," said Greg Hendry, marketing manager for automotive MOSFETs in Fairchild's Discrete Power Business Unit. "We are currently characterizing other 60V, 100V and 150V devices and will release them for production as soon as the characterization is complete. Samples of many of these devices are already available today."
    PowerTrench devices are developed and manufactured in Fairchild's 8-inch discrete power wafer fab, in Mountaintop, Pa.; a manufacturing plant long recognized by industry observers for its technical leadership in power discretes for the automotive industry.

Price:        U.S.$ 3.80 each (1,000 pcs.) 
                  for the FDB035AN06A0 and FDP038AN06A0

              U.S.$ 1.32 each (1,000 pcs.) 
                  for the FDD10AN06A0


Availability: September 2002

    For more information, contact Fairchild Semiconductor Customer Support Group at 888/522-5372, fax 972/910-8036, or visit Fairchild's Web site at www.fairchildsemi.com.

    Editors Note: PDF of the datasheets for these products are available at the URLs below. To request a photo contact PR@welcomm.com.
    http://www.fairchildsemi.com/pf/FD/FDB035AN06A0.html
    http://www.fairchildsemi.com/pf/FD/FDP038AN06A0.html
    http://www.fairchildsemi.com/pf/FD/FDD10AN06A0.html

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