PLANO, Texas, Sep 22, 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 that it has expanded its range of DiodeStar(TM) products with the introduction of two new 600V DiodeStar rectifiers targeted at power factor correction (PFC) boost diode applications. The DSR6V600P5 and the DSR6U600P5 are housed in Diodes' proprietary PowerDI^(R)5 package, a thermally efficient, low-profile, small-form-factor package that enables the design of thinner and cooler products.

These new high voltage rectifiers are particularly suitable for use in high-density switched mode power supplies (SMPS) for LED TVs and adaptors, as well as re-circulation diodes in high intensity discharge (HID) lighting applications.

With an off-board profile of 1.1mm, the ultra small PowerDI-5 package is 52% thinner than the industry-standard DPak and occupies just 43% of the board space. In addition, it offers significantly lower thermal resistance (R_thj-c), thus enabling higher density designs.

Optimized for use in PFC circuits that operate in continuous conduction mode (CCM), the DSR6V600P5 features low reverse recovery time (T_rr) and reverse recovery charge (Q_rr) to ensure that boost diode reverse recovery losses are kept to a minimum. Similarly, the DSR6U600P5 has been tuned for both low forward voltage drop (V_F) and low T_rr in order to meet the compromise requirements of those PFC circuits operating under boundary conduction mode (BCM).

Both the DSR6V600P5 and DSR6U600P5 feature a typical softness factor of 0.7, to ensure soft switching with decreased electrical noise that can lead to a reduction of EMI shielding and snubber circuits for simplified design and lower component count. For further information, visit the Company's website at 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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