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| Groundhog
Day | |
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Breaking news
this morning as weather-reading groundhog Punxsutawney Phil predicted an early
spring and an end to ground noise. “Even groundhogs hate groundloops,”
said the famous rodent’s statement. “So use isolators.” | |
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| Presidents
Day | |
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“NVE has great
sensorization and isolatorism.”
—George W. Bush
“Persistence cannot take the place of magnetoresistance.”
—Calvin Coolidge
“Read my lips:
no new opto-
coupler designs.”
—George H. W. Bush
“Speak
softly, carry a big stick, and use low-jitter isolators to avoid distortion at
those low audio levels.”
—Theodore Roosevelt | |
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| Fun
Facts | |
| Diamonds
Are Forever, and So Are IsoLoops
Diamonds are forever,
and IsoLoop Isolators come pretty close.
Based on life tests, the calculated
FIT is 0.2 failures per billion hours at 55°C, which is an MTBF of 570,000
years.
For details and test reports, contact our Isolator
Application Desk. | | |
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Playlist | |
| In a musical tip of
the akubra to our new Australian distributor (see story at right), our telephone
background music
is the iconic “Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport.” | |
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| Featured
Products |
| IL600-Series
Opto Replacement Isolators
The award-winning IL600
and IL600A Passive-Input Isolators provide unique passive inputs for flexibility
similar to LED-input optocouplers.
Key features are:
• Unlimited
Life
• MSOP Packages Available
• Failsafe
Output
• 3.3 V or 5 V Power Supply
• -40°C
to 85°C Temperature Range
• Low EMC Footprint
• 2.5 kVrms Isolation (1 min.)
• UL1577
and IEC061010 Approved
Check out our new IL600
video: All
part types are in
stock and available for same-day shipment, with no minimum order:
Part
Number | Mbps
Data
Rate | Tx
Ch | Rx
Ch | Output | Packages |
| IL610 | 100 | 1 | 0 | CMOS | Bare
die, MSOP-8, SOIC-8, PDIP-8 |
| IL610A | 10 | 1 | 0 | Open-drain | Bare
die, MSOP-8, SOIC-8, PDIP-8 |
| IL611 | 100 | 2 | 0 | CMOS | CMOS
MSOP-8, SOIC-8, PDIP-8 |
| IL611A | 10 | 2 | 0 | Open-drain | CMOS
MSOP-8, SOIC-8, PDIP-8 |
| IL612 | 100 | 1 | 1 | CMOS | SOIC-8,
PDIP-8 | | IL612A | 10 | 1 | 1 | Open-drain |
SOIC-8, PDIP-8 | | IL613 | 100 | 3 | 0 | CMOS | 0.15"
SOIC-16, 0.3" SOIC-16 |
| IL614 | 100 | 2 | 1 | CMOS | 0.15"
SOIC-16, 0.3" SOIC-16 |
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| Distributor
News |
| |
 Welcome,
Mate!
Line One Sales has joined NVE’s world-class distributor network. The international
firm will provide sales, marketing, and application support for IsoLoop Isolators
in Australia and New Zealand.
NVE’s award-winning products are available
in more than 75 countries and our distributors speak many languages (even if you
count Australian as English).
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Distributor Network>
| | Valentine’s
Day Application Corner |
| Love
IsoLoops; Hate Optos
 Hate
optos? You’re not alone
IsoLoop Isolators match optocoupler versatility
but have smaller packages, less distortion,  better
reliability, and unlimited life.
IL600A-Series passive-input isolators
are designed to be opto replacements with inputs similar to LEDs and outputs similar
to phototransistors.
Inputs can be configured for inverting or non-inverting
operation and accommodate a wide input voltage range. Versions are available with
either CMOS or open-drain outputs.
Open-drain outputs can be wire-ORed
together much like an optocoupler:
This illustrative circuit provides fail-safe output (logic high output for zero
input current), 2.5 kVrms isolation, and 20 kV/µs transient immunity.
Typical logic output sink current is 10 mA for each isolator.
So
this Valentine’s Day, fall in love with IsoLoop Isolators—the opto alternativeSM.
Application
Bulletin AB-20—Optocoupler Alternatives (.pdf)
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