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Fairchild Semiconductor Offers a Low-Voltage, Low-Profile Blue LED for Backlighting Keypads and Pushbuttons in Portable Products

Posted on: Tuesday, 23 September 2003, 06:00 CDT

SAN JOSE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 09/23/2003 -- Fairchild Semiconductor's (NYSE: FCS) new QTLP603C-EB blue LED offers designers performance and size benefits required by increasingly stringent portable application designs. The QTLP603C-EB's low profile (1.6mm by 0.8mm footprint and 0.35mm height) reduces package thickness by 42% over previous industry standard LED packaging. Power consumption is reduced through the product's 3.15V maximum at 5mA performance, thereby enabling longer battery life. This product is ideal for backlighting keypads and pushbuttons in the latest cell phone, PDA, and compact, portable product designs.

The QTLP603C-EB does not require auxiliary drive circuitry and uses the latest LED technology to produce typical luminous intensity (20.0 to 25.0 mcd at 5mA), water clear optics, and moisture-proof packaging. Consistent color and brightness is a result of its wide 120 degree viewing angle and narrow voltage range (2.75 to 3.15V). It is available on a 7-inch (178mm) diameter reel, with 2,000 units per reel. This lead-free (Pb-free) product meets or exceeds the requirements of the joint IPC/JEDEC standard J-STD-020B and is compliant with the European Union requirements, which will take effect in 2005.

This blue LED adds to Fairchild's portfolio of products targeting portable applications. These products include audio amplifiers and bus switches, supervisory products, such as temperature sensors and reset generator circuits, and DC/DC conversion products, such as LDOs, DC/DC converters, and MOSFETs.

Price: US $ 0.35 (10,000 pcs)

Availability: Immediate delivery of volume production.

For more information about this product go to www.fairchildsemi.com/pf/QT/QTLP603C-EB.html. For information on other Fairchild products, design tools, and sales contacts, please visit http://www.fairchildsemi.com.

Editor's Note: A data sheet for the QTLP603C-EB is available at www.fairchildsemi.com/ds/QT/QTLP603C-EB.pdf.

About Fairchild Semiconductor:

Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS) is a leading global supplier of high performance products for multiple end markets. With a focus on developing leading edge power and interface solutions to enable the electronics of today and tomorrow, Fairchild's components are used in computing, communications, consumer, industrial and automotive applications. Fairchild's 10,000 employees design, manufacture and market power, analog & mixed signal, interface, logic, and optoelectronics products from its headquarters in South Portland, Maine, USA and numerous locations around the world. Please contact us on the web at www.fairchildsemi.com.

Editorial Contacts:

Sona Kim Marketing Communications Optoelectronics Group Fairchild Semiconductor (408) 822-2279 Fax: (408) 822-2410 Email: Sona.kim@fairchildsemi.com

Greg Evans Account Executive WelComm, Inc. (858) 279-2100 Fax: (858) 279-5400 Email: greg@welcomm.com

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