Fairchild Semiconductor Joins Alliance to Save Energy
(Business News, 30 Apr 2008 )
Fairchild Semiconductor recently became a member of the Alliance to Save Energy. The Alliance promotes energy efficiency worldwide to achieve a healthier economy, a cleaner environment and greater energy security.
Electronic component manufacturers play an important role in making the electronic devices used every day, more energy efficient. Fairchild designs and develops products that reduce power consumption, extend battery life, prolong product use time and increase power performance without increasing power usage in applications such as cell phones, DVD players, flat panel displays, notebook computers, printers, cameras, TVs, home appliances, power adaptors, power supplies, lighting, motor control and automotive electronics.
For example, variable speed motors, used in home appliances and factory automation, are over 40 percent more efficient than single-phase motors. Electronic components allow motors in these applications to turn on and off, at variable speeds as needed. If 25 percent of the households in the U.S. switched from a single-phase motor refrigerator to a more efficient model using Fairchild components, enough power could be saved to power nearly half a million home in the U.S. yearly.
