Enhance Reliability When Replacing Mechanical Relays in Industrial Applications

IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 4, 2016 — (PRNewswire) — Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. ( TAEC)* today announced the addition of three new products to its photorelay lineup: the TLP3547, TLP3548 and TLP3549. Housed in DIP8 packages, the new photorelays can be used to replace mechanical relays in industrial applications and feature an industry-leading^[1] large drive current of 5A.

Unlike mechanical relays, photorelays have no physical contacts that are subject to wear and deterioration, an advantage that leads to enhanced reliability. The use of photorelays also enables the development of smaller, thinner sets. In addition, Toshiba's new photorelays offer a pulsed ON-state current that is three times larger than that of a continuous ON-state current – which improves design safety.

The TLP3547 is a 60V product with a 5A (max.) large drive current, and the 400V TLP3548 features a 0.4A (max.) drive current and high-speed switching of 1ms (max.). The 600V TLP3549 is the industry's first^[2] photorelay to utilize a super junction structure MOSFET (Toshiba's DTMOS series) and has a drive current of 0.6A (max.).

Toshiba's photorelays can be used to replace mechanical relays for enhanced reliability in applications including:

• Thermostats (heating, ventilation and air conditioning)
• Power supply control in network equipment (TCP/IP, IoT)
• Factory automation equipment
• AC servos
• General purpose inverters
• PLC (Programmable Logic Controllers)
• Power meters, smart meters
• Security-related products
• ATE (Automatic Test Equipment)

Main Specifications

Pricing and Availability

The new photorelays are available now. For more details, samples and pricing information, please contact your local Toshiba Sales Office.

Notes
[1] For photorelay products in DIP8 packages as of July 19, 2016. Toshiba survey.
[2] For photorelay products as of July 19, 2016. Toshiba survey. TLP3547 utilizes the trench structure generation 8. MOSFET UMOS series and TLP3548 utilizes the planar structure generation 5 MOSFET πMOS series.

*About TAEC

Through proven commitment, lasting relationships and advanced, reliable electronic components, Toshiba enables its customers to create market-leading designs. Toshiba is the heartbeat within product breakthroughs from OEMs, ODMs, CMs, VARs, distributors and fabless chip companies worldwide.  A committed electronic components leader, Toshiba designs and manufactures high-quality flash memory-based storage solutions, solid state drives (SSDs), hard disk drives (HDDs), solid state hybrid drives (SSHDs), discrete devices, custom SoCs/ASICs, imaging products, microcontrollers, wireless components, mobile peripheral devices, advanced materials and medical tubes that make possible today's leading smartphones, tablets, cameras, medical devices, automotive electronics, industrial applications, enterprise solutions and more.

Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. is an independent operating company owned by Toshiba America, Inc., a subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation, Japan's largest semiconductor, solid state drive and hard disk drive manufacturer and the world's seventh largest semiconductor manufacturer (Gartner, 2015 Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue, January, 2016). Founded in Tokyo in 1875, Toshiba is at the heart of a global network of over 550 consolidated companies employing over 188,000 people worldwide (as of March 31, 2016). Visit Toshiba's web site at http://toshiba.semicon-storage.com.

Information in this press release, including product pricing and specifications, content of services and contact information, is current and believed to be accurate on the date of the announcement, but is subject to change without prior notice. Technical and application information contained here is subject to the most recent applicable Toshiba product specifications.

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