Flex Power Modules has announced that its BMR466 and BMR461 digital Point-Of-Load (POL) DC/DC power modules are now available to customers with BGA (Ball Grid Array) packaging, as well as in their original compact LGA (Land Grid Array) package. Both modules target deployment in distributed power and intermediate bus voltage architectures within the ICT (Information and Communication Technology), telecom and industrial sectors.

  An alliance formed by Artesyn Embedded Technologies, Bel Power Solutions, Flex and STMicroelectronics defines an industry standard for 48Vin to low voltage, high current DC/DC applications. Demand for such conversion is expected to increase as internet data traffic increases with the advent of increased automation in the home and at work, as well as the data traffic required for autonomous vehicles, says Flex.

  Flex Power Modules has announced a new one-sixteenth-brick 12V-output DC/DC converter module that can deliver 200W of power and has efficiency of up to 95%, making it suitable as a replacement for one-eighth brick footprint converters in many applications, thereby saving more than 40% in board real estate.

A new DC/DC advanced bus converter that targets high-end and high-power applications and can handle 1,000W of power and 96.2A of peak current has been launched by Flex Power Modules, the BMR480. Coming in an industry-standard and low-profile quarter-brick-format with dimensions of 58.4x36.8x12.19mm (2.30x1.45x0.48"), the BMR480 operates from a wide 40-60V input voltage range and offers multiple tightly regulated (±2.5%) pre-programmed...