Fairchild Semiconductor Unveils the EcoSPARK Family of IGBTs

Fairchild Semiconductor (San Jose, CA) has unveiled its EcoSPARK family of IGBTs, designed for ignition-coil drivers. The products are claimed to have a 30-percent reduction in silicon chip area, and can be packaged in either the D-PAK or D2-PAK. The product was developed in the discrete power products group recently acquired from Intersil Corp. (Irvine, CA).

EcoSPARK ignition-coil drivers integrate an active voltage clamp between the collector and the gate that provides self-clamped inductive switching of 300mJ and limits the stress applied to the ignition coil. The family consists of 360V and 400V products in the D-PAK (TO-252) and D2-PAK (TO-263) with true single-pulse, collector-to-emitter avalanche energy ratings from 200mJ to 500mJ.

Samples and production quantities of the EcoSPARK family will be available in the summer of 2001.