Fairchild Semiconductor's High-Bandwidth HDMI Switch Allows Designers to Easily Upgrade Existing Display Products for Multiple-Application Connectivity
Broadening its portfolio of digital switch products, Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS) now offers a 1.65Gbps high-definition multi-media interface (HDMI) switch, allowing designers to easily add a second HDMI input to the circuitry in an existing display application. The FSHDMI04 switch can be utilized in an HDTV, for example, to enable connectivity between multiple applications such as DVDs, game consoles and set-top boxes. Compared to traditional designs requiring a separate receiver to add an HDMI connection, the FSHDMI04 significantly speeds design-cycle times by increasing functionality while reducing design complexity.
“HDMI connectivity is expected to soon become as ubiquitous as USB connections are now,” said Jerry Johnston, Fairchild’s product manager for Analog Switches. “The popularity of home theaters is driving this demand for displays with multiple HDMI inputs so that consumers can have two applications, such as a digital set-top box and a game station, hooked up to their high-definition TV. Our new high-bandwidth HDMI switch allows system designers to easily add a second port to their HDMI products without changing internal aspects of the application, or redesigning for an extra feature.”
With the industry’s highest ESD rating (8kV, all pins), the FSHDMI04 protects against system damage while eliminating the need for additional ESD-protection ICs. It also offers the industry’s lowest on-capacitance (6.0pf typ / 7.0pf max) and is the only HDMI switch to meet HDMI inter- and intra-pair skew specifications. These features can help designers enhance the performance characteristics of existing applications.
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