Avago Technologies has a range of gate drive optocouplers that are designed to provide high output current drive with rail-to-rail operation.

The ACPL-P343/W343, ACPL-P341/W341 and ACPL-P340/W340 optocouplers come in 4A, 3A and 1A maximum peak output current, respectively. The range of the output current allows the family to address systems with different power ratings, including insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) and mosfet gate drive, industrial inverters, renewable energy inverters and AC and brushless DC motor drives.

The high common mode rejection (CMR) of the optocouplers, at 35kV/µs can prevent erroneous driving of an IGBT and ensures reliable operation in noisy environments. The family’s stretched SO6 packages are compliant to many industrial safety standards, including IEC/EN/DIN EN 60747-5-2, UL 1577 and CSA

The optocouplers are available in a stretched SO6 package that is 40 to 50% smaller than industry-standard Dual-inline (DIP) package. 

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