Cypress's New USB 2.0 Microcontroller Has World's Smallest Package And Lowest Power

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:CY), today introduced the world’s smallest high-speed USB 2.0 programmable microcontroller.

Cypress is now offering its EZ-USB FX2LP(TM) controller in a 56-ball VFBGA (Very Fine Pitch Ball Grid Array) package that measures only 5 mm x 5 mm with 0.5-mm ball pitch. The device, with its diminutive package and the EZ-USB LP(TM) family’s industry-leading low power specifications, delivers an ideal solution for implementing high-speed USB in small-form-factor and/or battery-powered applications such as mobile phones, portable media players, PDAs and webcams. The EZ-USB LP family takes advantage of advanced process technology developed by Cypress to slash dynamic and standby power consumption by nearly 50 percent vs. leading competitors. As a result of the low dynamic power, peripherals using the new devices can operate from the power of the USB bus. The low standby current enables portable USB applications to significantly extend battery life.

The EZ-USB FX2LP has typical current consumption (Icc) of just 50 mA, enabling peripherals to enumerate at well below the 100 mA USB-IF bus power specification to offer ample power margins to implement additional features. Competing solutions typically consume 80-110 mA. The device is a fully integrated peripheral controller, including an 8051 microprocessor, a serial interface engine, a high-speed USB 2.0 transceiver, on-chip RAM and FIFO and a general programmable interface. Its unique architecture handles all basic USB functions, enabling the host system’s microprocessor to focus on application-specific functions and ensuring sustained high-performance data transfer rates. The EZ-USB FX2LP features a data rate of 480 Mbps, 16 Kbytes of on-chip memory, and up to 40 programmable I/Os.

About Cypress

Cypress’s product portfolio includes wired and wireless USB devices, CMOS image sensors, timing solutions, network search engines, specialty memories, high-bandwidth synchronous and micropower memory products, optical solutions, and reconfigurable mixed-signal arrays.