IRVINE, Calif., July 16, 2013 — (PRNewswire) — Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., (TAEC)*, a committed leader that collaborates with technology companies to create breakthrough designs, today announced that it has launched an ESD^[1] protection diode, the DF2B7M3SC, with the lowest 0.1pF capacitance in its class^[2], which protects USB3.0/2.0, HDMI^®, eSATA, DisplayPort, Thunderbolt^TM, and other high speed data lines from ESD. Mass production is scheduled to begin in August of 2013.

The product uses the newly developed ESD Diode Array Process III (EAP III), and maintains the same ESD protection level with 1/2 capacitance of equivalent products^[3]. It also realizes a small insertion loss^[4] and low noise figure, and can be used for wireless applications that are sensitive to signal and noise levels.

Applications
USB3.0/2.0, HDMI, eSATA, DisplayPort, Thunderbolt^TM, high frequency antenna, front-end module, Wi-Fi^TM, Bluetooth^TM, GPS

Main Specifications

Notes:
[1] ESD: Electrostatic Discharge.
[2] ESD protection diodes using PN junction semiconductor structure that cover wide frequency range from 4 to 12GHz. Research by Toshiba Corporation in July, 2013.
[3] DF2B6.8M2SC ESD protection diode
[4] The attenuation of RF signal from input to output. The insertion loss of DF2B7M3SC is less than 0.1dB @ f=5GHz.

* HDMI is a registered trademark of HDMI Licensing, LLC in the United States and/or other countries.
* Thunderbolt is a trademark of Intel Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
* Bluetooth is a trademark owned by Bluetooth SIG Inc. and is used by Toshiba Corporation under license.
* Wi-Fi is a registered trademark of Wi-Fi Alliance

*About Toshiba Corp. and TAEC

About TAEC

Through proven commitment, lasting relationships and advanced, reliable electronic components, Toshiba enables its customers to create market-leading designs. Toshiba is the heartbeat within product breakthroughs from OEMs, ODMs, CMs, VARs, distributors and fabless chip companies worldwide. A committed electronic components leader, Toshiba designs and manufactures high-quality flash memory-based storage solutions, solid state drives (SSDs), hard disk drives (HDDs), discrete devices, advanced materials, medical tubes, custom SoCs/ASICs, imaging products, microcontrollers and wireless components that make possible today's leading smartphones, tablets, cameras, medical devices, automotive electronics, enterprise solutions and more.

Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. is an independent operating company owned by Toshiba America, Inc., a subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation, Japan's largest semiconductor manufacturer and the world's fifth largest semiconductor manufacturer (Gartner, 2012 Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue, April, 2013). Toshiba Corporation was founded in 1875 and today has over 554 subsidiaries and affiliates, with 210,000 employees worldwide. Visit Toshiba's web site at www.toshiba.co.jp/index.htm.

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Contact:

Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. Rebecca Bueno, Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., Tel.: (949) 462-7885 Email Contact Web: http://www.toshiba.com/taec