Fairchild Semiconductor, a global supplier of high performance products that optimize power, today announced the opening of a joint product development laboratory with Sichuan Changhong Electric Co., Ltd.

The lab enables the companies to collaborate on product development using Fairchild's power components. Fairchild's power devices are designed into a broad range of Changhong products including color TVs, LCD TVs, PDP TVs, rear projection TVs, DVDs, set-top boxes and air conditioners.

Fairchild's components manage, distribute, convert and minimize power in a broad range of end markets including computing and display, industrial, consumer, communications and automotive segments. New power products are gaining strong acceptance with customers, including Smart Power Modules for electric motors, air conditioners and inductive heating; Green Mode power switches for battery chargers, televisions, display and PCs; MOSFETs for notebooks, displays and plasma panels; IGBTs for ignition control and induction heating; and power supply controllers for microprocessors.