New Industry Products

Cherry Semi Intros CS-1108 Automotive Single Lamp Driver

February 14, 1999 by Jeff Shepard

Cherry Semiconductor Corp. (East Greenwich, RI) introduced the new CS-1108 Automotive Single Lamp Driver, an application specific standard product (ASSP) that provides full control and power for type 194 bulbs used in automotive air bag systems, or applications requiring 350 mA of current and fault reporting. The CS-1108 also incorporates built-in diagnostics that detect either an open circuit or short circuit condition in the lamp.

The small-footprint device is offered in an 8-lead plastic small outline integrated circuit (SOIC) narrow package with internally fused leads, and is priced at $0.79 each in quantities of 1000 pieces.