PLANO, Texas, Jun 28, 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 AP2401 and AP2411 single-channel power switches designed to help raise USB port protection levels.

These 2A rated, high-side power switches ensure fast and accurate latching-off of output current in the event of over-current detection. They also offer a choice of active-low enable and active-high enable operation and are optimized for self-powered and bus-powered USB 2.0 and 3.0 and other 3V to 5V hot-swap consumer electronics, computing, and communication applications, such as notebook computers and set-top boxes.

To increase overall system robustness, the power switches' fast short-circuit response time of 2us means unnecessary system shutdown or restart can be avoided, while their integrated output discharge function provides full and controlled discharge of output capacitor voltage when disabled. To minimize voltage drop losses in higher current systems, the AP24xx devices exhibit an on-resistance of only 70m under 2A continuous operation.

Providing a complete protection solution for any equipment subject to short-circuits and heavy capacitive loads, the power switches incorporate over-current, short-circuit, over-temperature under-voltage lockout and reverse current blocking protection. The power switches' tight current limiting tolerance also reduces power rail current requirements and therefore overall system cost.

The AP2401 and AP2411 power switches are provided in space-saving DFN3030E-8 and industry-standard SO-8 and MSOP-8-EP packages. 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 a joint venture facility located in Chengdu, China. Additional engineering, sales, warehouse, and logistics offices are located in 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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