Vicor Corporation has announced the expansion of its award-winning Picor Cool-Power Zero-Voltage Switching (ZVS) Buck Regulator product line for high efficiency point-of-load DC-DC regulation at the Embedded World 2013.
Optimized for 12 V operation these new PI34XX series buck regulators increase performance for a host of embedded applications in computing, telecommunications, industrial and other environments, delivering over 95% peak efficiency for 12 V to 3.3 V regulation and up to 15 A.
PI34XX series buck regulators integrate control circuitry, power semiconductors and support components within the SiP and require only an external inductor with minimal capacitors to form a complete DC-DC switching mode buck regulator.
Robert Gendron, Vice President, Picor Semiconductor Power Solutions, Vicor said, “We recognize that some customers are constrained by a 12 V architecture and are not able to take advantage of higher line conversion with our existing regulators. We optimized our 8 V to 36 V wide range regulators for a 12 V family, reducing the Vin range to 8 V to 18 V and further enhancing efficiency for 12 V usage.”
Mohan Mankikar, President, Micro-Tech Consultants said, “Vicor’s new PI34XX Zero-Voltage Switching buck regulators provide 95% efficiency, one of the highest in the industry, in a small 10x14 mm package.With 12 V input, these regulators are designed for a wide variety of contemporary, advanced technical applications that require power converters with high efficiency and small size.”
