PLANO, Texas, Nov 09, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD), a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic and analog semiconductor markets, today announced the DMP1245UFCL P-channel MOSFET. Helping to increase battery efficiency and reduce board space, the miniature DMP1245UFCL 12V P-channel enhancement mode MOSFET is designed to meet the requirements of designers of space-starved portable products including smartphones and tablet computers.

The MOSFET is provided in the ultra compact and thermally efficient DFN1616 package and is characterized by a very low R_DS(on) that ensures conduction losses are kept to a minimum, thereby increasing battery life. For example, at 29m at V_GS of 4.5V the MOSFET's on-resistance performance is 15% better than that of its closest rival, benefitting battery disconnect and general load-switching applications.

The DFN1616 has a typical off-board profile of 0.5mm, making it 20% thinner than competitor equivalents, and occupies a PCB area of just 2.56mm², 55% of that occupied by alternative larger 2mm by 2mm packages.

DMP1245UFCL also offers users the advantage of an increase in protection against ESD. With gate protection specified at 3kV, 50% higher than nearest equivalents, the MOSFET is highly resistant to the effects of human-borne ESD. For further information, visit the Company's website at http://www.diodes.com.

About Diodes Incorporated

Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD), a Standard and Poor's SmallCap 600 and Russell 3000 Index company, is a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic and analog semiconductor markets. Diodes serves the consumer electronics, computing, communications, industrial, and automotive markets. Diodes' products include diodes, rectifiers, transistors, MOSFETs, protection devices, functional specific arrays, single gate logic, amplifiers and comparators, Hall-effect and temperature sensors; power management devices, including LED drivers, DC-DC switching and linear voltage regulators, and voltage references along with special function devices, such as USB power switches, load switches, voltage supervisors, and motor controllers. The Company's corporate headquarters, logistics center, and Americas' sales office are located in Plano, Texas. Design, marketing, and engineering centers are located in Plano; San Jose, California; Taipei, Taiwan; Manchester, England; and Neuhaus, Germany. The Company's wafer fabrication facilities are located in Kansas City, Missouri and Manchester, with two manufacturing facilities located in Shanghai, China, another in Neuhaus, and two joint venture facilities located in Chengdu, China. Additional engineering, sales, warehouse, and logistics offices are located in Fort Worth, Texas; Taipei; Hong Kong; Manchester; and Munich, Germany, with support offices located throughout the world. For further information, including SEC filings, visit the Company's website at http://www.diodes.com.

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