POL regulators which regulate direct POL from a 48V input have been introduced by Vicor. Expanding the company’s Picor Cool-Power POL regulator portfolio, the PI3542, PI3543, PI3545, and PI3546 buck regulators feature a Zero-Voltage Switching (ZVS) topology that provides an efficiency over 96%.

Operating from a 380VDC nominal input and delivering an isolated SELV 48V output, the VIA BCM DC/DC bus converter module has been released by Vicor. The device provides a new level of functional integration in a 9mm thin thermally adept module incorporating EMI filtering, transient protection and inrush current limiting.

Achieving a power density of 8W/cm³ (127W/in³), Vicor has introduced its high density, low profile, integrated VIA PFM AC/DC front-end power modules. VIA PFM AC/DC front-end converter modules supply an isolated, PFC regulated 24 or 48V SELV DC output at up to 400W from the universal input range of 85 to 264VAC with 93% peak efficiency.

  It is possible to use mix and match power components to create customised units that are adaptable to a range of energy sources and load requirements while optimising the power sub-system for size, weight, and power, agues Chester Firek, Vicor.

Vicor has announced the expansion of its Picor Cool-Power ZVS Point of Load (POL) Regulator portfolio with the introduction of its high efficiency PI3749, PI3751, and PI3755 buck-boost regulators. By minimising switching losses, Picor’s ZVS topology enables efficiencies over 98%, maintaining a high efficiency over the specified VIN range.

Vicor has expanded its DCM series of isolated, regulated DC/DC converters within its ChiP power component platform. The series now covers critical applications in aerospace, EV/HEV, rugged systems, industrial and telecomms/datacomms. The devices provide nominal input voltages of 24, 28, 48, 270, 290 and 300V with nominal outputs of 48, 36, 28, 24, 15, 12 and 5V and are available in packages with up to 600W of power.

A series of DC/DC bricks retaining the fundamental design attributes of conventional bricks, but providing up to 51% greater power density, has been launched by Vicor. The HD Brick Series, the company claims, enable system designers to harness more power in less space than with competing brick-based products and Vicor’s earlier generation Maxi, Mini and Micro DC-to-DC converters. 

PCIM 2014: Isolated, regulated DC/DC converter modules from Vicor are based on the company’s ChiP (Converter housed in Package) power component. According to the company, they delivering up to 2X the power density of conventional DC/DC converters, for parallel operation (up to eight units) that provides 1200Win³ at 93% efficiency.  

Featuring expert design tips and techniques aimed at optimising power solution design, Vicor announce the next instalment in its popular Power Advantage Educational Program. The live webinar on April 10, 2014 will feature Vicor’s online power analyser, PowerBench Whiteboard, and highlight the tool’s capabilities for streamlining power system design processes.

Extending the company’s sophisticated custom power system design and manufacturing capabilities to the European market, Vicor has announced the launch of Vicor Custom Europe. The service enables customers to tailor their power systems for application-specific power needs and/or unique form factor specifications leveraging Vicor’s full portfolio of high efficiency, high density power modules and components.

The first module in the BCM series of ChiP bus converter modules has been released by Vicor. Utilizing Vicor's exisiting Converter housed in Package (ChiP) power component platform, the device supplies 1.2kW at 48V, with 98% peak efficiency and 115W/cm3 power density. Claiming 4x the density of competing solutions, the device is designed to provide efficient, high voltage DC distribution infrastructure in datacenter, telecom, and industrial appli...

Vicor announce the next installment in its popular Power Advantage Educational Series, featuring expert design tips and techniques aimed at optimizing power solution design. The new live webinar on July 23, 2013, presented by Chris Swartz, Principal Application Engineer, Vicor, will provide attendees with a comprehensive understanding of the design considerations and challenges associated with conducted electromagnetic interference in modern powe...

Vicor has pioneered a breakthrough power component packaging platform – “Converter housed in Package” – or “ChiP” for short. Vicor‘s ChiP technology enables much smaller and more flexible component form factors, advancing power component design methodologies by simplifying design processes, and delivering power systems in a small form factor.

Vicor have revealed the expansion of its ultra high density Picor Cool-Power PI31xx series of isolated, ZVS-based DC-DC converters optimized for 24 V industrial, 28 V aerospace/defence and/or demanding wide temperature applications. The new Cool-Power PI31xx converters retain the product series’ signature 0.87 x 0.65 x 0.265 surface-mount package profile to provide up to 334 W/in3 power density and 2,250 V input to output isolation.

Vicor will be exhibiting at PCIM 2013 in Nuremberg, the international conference and exhibition for power electronics and intelligent motion. Vicor will showcase its latest ChiP technology “Converter housed in Package”; a packaging technology that provides a high performance, scalable and cost-effective platform for advanced power components.

Vicor annonce l’extension de sa ligne primée des régulateurs abaisseurs ZVS Picor Cool-Power conçue pour une régulation DC-DC de haut rendement au point de charge. Optimisée pour fonctionner en 12 V (de 8 V à 18 V de tension d’entrée), cette nouvelle série de régulateurs abaisseurs PI34XX augmente la performance des applications embarquées en informatique, en télécommunications, en industriel et dans d’autres environnements, dé...

Vicor introduces new user-configurability capabilities for its high-performance VI Chip PRM modules. The new PowerBench tool suite equips designers to customize and simulate efficient PRM modules for use as PoL buck-boost regulators or to drive VTM current multipliers and meet a broad range of PoL power requirements. Vicor’s easy to use PowerBench online tool suite gives designers the flexibility to specify the voltage, current and protection p...

Vicor has introduced a new conduction-cooled version of its high-efficiency Westcor MicroPAC power factor corrected AC-DC power system, enabling system designers to forego fan and forced-air cooling in power systems designed for demanding military, industrial, telecommunications and other applications requiring fanless and/or noiseless operation in restrictive enclosures.

Vicor Corporation is pleased to announce the expansion of its award-winning Picor Cool-Power ZVS Buck Regulator product line for high efficiency point-of-load DC-DC regulation. Optimized for 12 V operation (8 V to 18 Vin), 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 regula...

Vicor Corporation propose 14 nouveautés dans sa ligne de produits régulateurs abaisseurs ZVS PI33XX Picor Cool-Power conçue pour une régulation Continu-Continu au point de charge de haut rendement. Cette extension de la gamme de produits inclut des circuits de forte intensité et une option de télémétrie de défaillance et de programmation I2C. Les produits PI33XX sont conçus pour convertir des tensions d’entrées de 8 V à 36 V vers de...