New Si86xx Isolators Offer Superior EMI and Noise Performance and
Highest Data Rate for Industrial, Medical and Green Energy
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Silicon
Laboratories Inc. (NASDAQ: SLAB), a leader in high-performance,
analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs, today introduced a family of digital
isolators that offers the highest channel count, performance and data
rate for demanding applications with isolation ratings up to 5 kV. The
new Si86xx 3.75 kV and 5 kV digital isolators replace optocouplers in
target applications requiring robust operation and high levels of
insulation protection such as industrial automation and drives, motor
control and medical systems. With its 5 kV rating, the Si86xx family
offers an ideal isolation solution for systems powered from 220 Vac
mains supplies such as isolated ac-dc and dc-dc power supplies, as well
as solar panel microinverters, data communications systems and hybrid
electric vehicles (HEVs).
Based on Silicon Labs' patented digital isolation technology, the new
Si86xx family includes the industry's first six-channel isolators rated
to 5 kV, bidirectional isolators suitable for isolating I2C buses in a
wide range of applications, and 3.75 kV options that provide higher
levels of protection than currently available from 2.5 kV isolators.
These higher isolation ratings translate into a longer service lifetime
in harsh application conditions. The Si86xx family's unmatched isolation
channel count also helps simplify timing and isolation challenges in
high-speed systems with wide digital buses by enabling developers to
minimize the number of separate isolators, thereby reducing BOM costs
and board space.
The Si86xx family offers significant electromagnetic emissions and
immunity performance advantages, providing error-free data in noisy
environments and up to 20 dB lower electromagnetic emissions than
competing solutions. By offering the highest electric field immunity,
the Si86xx digital isolators are well suited for use in noisy
environments common in motor control, industrial automation and power
supply applications as well as green energy applications such as smart
meters where tamper protection is a growing concern.
The Si86xx isolators deliver the industry's fastest data rate (150 Mbps)
across the widest temperature range (-40 to 125ºC), as well as ultra-low
power operation of less than 1.6 mA per channel at 1 Mbps for
energy-efficient system design. The robust architecture of the Si86xx
family ensures that signal integrity is maintained even while operating
at high data rates and at high temperatures in harsh environments.
"The new Si86xx family brings the superior EMI performance, high data
rates and reliability of Silicon Labs' digital isolator technology to
demanding applications requiring isolation ratings up to 5 kV and system
cost reduction based on higher channel count density," said Mark
Thompson, vice president of Embedded Mixed-Signal products at Silicon
Labs. "The Si86xx isolators enable developers to upgrade their
optocoupler-based designs with a more reliable, highly integrated and
higher-performance digital isolation solution."
Pricing and Availability
Samples and production quantities of the Si86xx digital isolators are
available now in a variety of compact packages including wide-body
SOIC-16 packages rated at 5 kV and narrow-body SOIC-8 and SOIC-16
packages rated at 3.75 kV. Pricing for the new Si86xx devices in
10,000-unit quantities ranges from $1.06 for a single-channel, 3.75 kV
rated device up to $3.76 for six-channel versions rated to 5 kV
isolation in SOIC-16 packages. (All prices are in USD.)
Silicon Labs offers the Si86xxISO-KIT evaluation kit, priced at $49.00
(USD), to support basic functional testing and engineering validation of
5 kV isolation product configurations. The Si86ISOLIN-KIT linear
isolation reference design, priced at $149 (USD), provides a
comprehensive, high-performance alternative to costly isolation
amplifiers used to implement analog signal isolation. The reference
design includes three different analog isolation circuits supporting
input signal bandwidths from 100 to 500 kHz.
For additional information about Silicon Labs' Si86xx digital isolators
and to purchase samples and development tools, please visit www.silabs.com/pr/isolation.
Silicon Laboratories Inc.
Silicon Laboratories is an industry leader in the innovation of
high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs. Developed by a
world-class engineering team with unsurpassed expertise in mixed-signal
design, Silicon Labs' diverse portfolio of patented semiconductor
solutions offers customers significant advantages in performance, size
and power consumption. For more information about Silicon Labs, please
visit www.silabs.com.
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Dale Weisman, +1-512-532-5871
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