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New automotive design centre will provide on-site design solutions
Fairchild Semiconductor (FCS) has expanded its Global Power ResourceSM Centre with the addition of a facility in Michigan, USA.
Fairchild Semiconductor (FCS) has expanded its Global Power ResourceSM Centre with the addition of a facility in Michigan, USA. This new centre – near the heart of the North American automotive market – responds to the burgeoning need for functional power solutions, including multi-die modules, for automotive power applications. The centre is staffed by seasoned electrical engineers with extensive design experience and a thorough understanding of the application requirements for today's automotive designs. The engineering staff has over sixty years of combined automotive product development experience."The growth of automotive power electronics and the higher growth rates for body electronics and emerging systems are driving the need for innovative functional power products as well as expertise in system-level understanding to optimise designs. Our new Michigan Global Power Resource Centre provides customers with technical experts who can help them select or develop the right solutions for their designs," said Paul Leonard, vice president of Automotive Products.Fairchild's capabilities in advanced process and packaging technologies as well as its ability to integrate power analogue, power discrete, and optoelectronic functionality into innovative packaging, enable Fairchild to develop energy efficient solutions that continue to provide exceptional value in the automotive electronics market. The Michigan centre enables Fairchild engineers to work directly with customers to design and optimise the next generation of power management and control solutions.
