Product Specification

SL1 ICS31 01

Rev. 1.2

July 2000

Page 4 of 22

Public

2 Definitions

Data sheet status

Objective specification

This data sheet contains target or goal specifications for product development.

Preliminary specification

This data sheet contains preliminary data; supplementary data may be published later.

Product specification

This data sheet contains final product specifications.

Limiting values

Limiting values given are in accordance with the Absolute Maximum Rating System (IEC 134). Stress above one

or more of the limiting values may cause permanent damage to the device. These are stress ratings only and

operation of the device at these or at any other conditions above those given in the Characteristics section of the

specification is not implied. Exposure to limiting values for extended periods may affect device reliability.

Application information

Where application information is given, it is advisory and does not form part of the specification.

2.1 Life Support Applications

These products are not designed for use in life support appliances, devices, or systems where

malfunction of these products can reasonably be expected to result in personal injury. Philips

customers using or selling these products for use in such applications do so on their own risk and

agree to fully indemnify Philips for any damages resulting from such improper use or sale.

2.2 Abbreviations

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

CRC

Cyclic Redundancy Check

EAN

European Article Number

EAS

Electronic Article Surveillance

EEPROM

Electrically Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory

EMI

Electromagnetic Interference

ETSI

European Telecommunications Standards Institute

FCC

Federal Communications Commission

FFC

Film Frame Carrier

Hex

Value in hexadecimal notation

IC

Integrated Circuit

ISM

Industrial, Scientific, Medical

LSB

Least Significant Bit or Byte

MSB

Most Significant Bit or Byte

MTBF

Mean Time Between Failure

PCB

Printed Circuit Board

PCM

Process Control Module

RF

Radio Frequency

rms

Root Mean Square

SNR

Serial Number

UV

Ultraviolet