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Vicor Corporation designs, manufactures and markets modular power components and complete power systems used in the communications, data processing, industrial controls, test equipment, medical and defense electronic markets.
Engineers use the combined advantages of Vicor components to create compact, highly functional, economical products with streamlined development cycles that minimize time to market.
Vicor UK Articles
14 new additions to PI33XX Picor Cool-Power ZVS buck regulator product line
Vicor today introduced 14 new additions to its PI33XX Picor Cool-Power ZVS buck regulator product line for high efficiency point of load DC-DC regulation. This product line extension includes higher current devices and optional I2C fault telemetry and programmability. The PI33XX products are designed to convert 8V to 36V inputs to high current, low voltage point of load system rails such as 3.3V, 2.5V, 1.8V and 1V, and deliver class-leading perfo...
Vicor Corporation Expands Factorized Power Architecture Product Line
Vicor Corporation today announced an expansion of its Factorized Power Architecture product line with the introduction of new, higher power versions of its VI Chip PRM non-isolated voltage regulators. Delivering up to 500 Watts of power at twice the power density of previous generation modules, these new PRM products further extend Vicor’s leadership in providing superior power solutions for demanding industrial, datacenter, and telecom applica...
Low-voltage ICs in Power-hungry Data Centers Benefit from High-voltage DC Supply Path
There’s a “back to the future” aspect to power distribution for datacenters in the 21st century. At the beginning of the 20th century, Thomas Edison was a proponent of distributing power to homes and businesses using higher-voltage DC, while Nikola Tesla’s backer George Westinghouse supported distribution via AC.
Vicor is coming to Electronica 2012
Every two years engineers from around the world gather in Munich for what is described by the organizers as the world’s leading trade fair for components, systems and applications.The 25th electronica show is taking place between November 13th and 16th and Vicor will be one of the 2500 exhibitors there.
Factorized Power Architecture Delivers Maximum Efficiency and Density with Design Flexibility
In the drive to reduce distribution losses and improve overall system efficiency and density, power architectures have evolved from centralized power architecture to distributed power and, more recently, to intermediate bus architectures. Lately, though IBA became the preferred choice to tackle the widespread proliferation of IC loads across system boards.
An Introduction to Picor Cool-Power ZVS Buck Regulators
Learn how the simple-to-use Picor PI33XX Series of Cool-Power ZVS Buck Regulators can provide the high efficiency (98%), high density (up to 10A/120W in 10 x 14 x 2.56 mm) and flexibility to address multiple power-on-the board schemes.
Westcor MicroPAC AC-DC power system from Vicor
Vicor has today announced the release of its new Westcor MicroPAC power factor corrected AC-DC power system providing up to 1300 W of continuous power at up to 92% efficiency and 1.53 W/cm3 power density in a compact 102x44x190 mm package.
DC-DC Selection Just Got Better… and Easier to Find
At Vicor we’ve developed a wide range of tools to make it easy to search for the right product from the over 100,000,000+ possible product permutations that we have available. The most recent, our DC-DC selection tool, has been developed with a twist in that it also incorporates a simulator for a growing list of DC-DC converters.
Vicor intègre la commutation douce dans les solutions au point de charge avec ses nouveaux régulateurs abaisseurs ZVS Picor Cool-Power
Vicor lance aujourd’hui sa nouvelle série de régulateurs abaisseurs ZVS Picor PI33xx Cool-Power®: Cette série apporte aux concepteurs de cartes une souplesse une densité de puissance et un rendement maximum pour la régulation DC-DC au point de charge. L’intégration de la topologie à commutation au zéro de tension (ZVS) dans la série PI33xx accroît les performances au point de charge en fournissant un rendement allant jusqu’à ...
Picor PI33XX Cool-Power ZVS Buck Regulators From Vicor
Vicor has unveiled its new Picor PI33XX Cool-Power ZVS buck regulator series that allows board-level designers maximum power density and flexibility for high efficiency point of load DC-DC regulation. The integration of a high performance Zero-Voltage Switching topology within the PI33xx series increases point of load performance, providing best in class power efficiency up to 98% peak
Vicor's Selector and IBC Simulation Tool
New interactive tool equips power system designers to model the performance and power capability of intermediate bus converters in application-specific environments including Thermal, Stead State, Start Up and Load Step
Vicor Introduces Baseplate Option for 98% Efficient Quarter-brick IBC Modules
Vicor Corporation today introduced new thermal and mechanical mounting options for its IBC050 series of high performance quarter-brick VI BRICK intermediate bus converters (IBCs). Now available with an integral baseplate and multiple pin-length options, Vicor’s high-efficiency IBCs afford customers even greater flexibility to meet the design challenges of high power applications such as enterprise computing and networking systems.
Vicor to showcase high performance power components at PCIM Europe 2012
Vicor today announced its participation in the Power Conversion Intelligent Motion (PCIM) 2012 conference, the international conference on power electronics and its applications, hosted in Nuremberg, Germany, 8th -10th May, 2012. Vicor will highlight its full range of modular power components and innovative solutions for performance-critical applications at the event. Conference attendees can visit Vicor at stand 12-328 in the Nuremberg Exhibitio...
Vicor Introduces 850W, 80A Quarter Brick IBC
Vicor announces the newest addition to its IBC050 product line of high performance, wide input range VI BRICK intermediate bus converters (IBCs). The new IB050Q096T80N1-00 quarter-brick IBC module can provide up to 850 W of output power – far exceeding the power capability and efficiency of competitive bus converters – making it ideally suited for demanding applications spanning enterprise, optical access and storage networks.
Vicor Introduces New FIAM Filter Modules for DC-DC Railway Applications
Vicor Corporation today announced two new 500W additions to its family of Filtered Input Attenuator Modules (FIAMs) for railway applications. The new FIAM110 and FIAM072 provide protection for on-board equipment and systems against the effects of power-line transients, EMI (electromagnetic interference) and excessive in-rush currents.
New Picor QuietPower QPI-21 provides high density, higher-performance active EMI filtering for DC-DC converters
Vicor announces the introduction of the Picor QuietPower QPI-21 High Density Active EMI Filter for DC-DC converters. Supporting 48V DC-DC converter designs up to 14A for data communications and telecommunication applications, the QuietPower QPI-21 is an input filter that provides >99.5% efficiency while achieving a new level of filtering performance.
New Picor hot swap controller ensures safe, continuous system operation with advanced digital thermal emulation
Vicor has unveiled its new Picor Cool-Swap PI2211 hot swap controller and circuit breaker (operating range: +0.9 to +14V), featuring Picor’s advanced True-SOA and Glitch-Catcher technologies. The Picor Cool-Swap PI2211 provides superior backplane and system protection while reducing board space and design complexity.
New Picor Cool-Power PI3106 isolated DC-DC converters deliver breakthrough density for industrial and military applications
Vicor announces its new Picor Cool-Power PI3106 isolated DC-DC converter, delivering 50W of output power (12V output at 4.2 Amps) in a tightly-integrated 22 x 16.5 x 6.7 mm, surface mount package offering unprecedented power density of 20.4 W/cm3. Combining isolation, voltage transformation and output regulation in a form factor less than half the size of a conventional isolated 1/16th brick and available in a wide 28V military input voltage rang...
Vicor dévoile un outil de simulation d’IBC en ligne
Vicor Corporation dévoile son nouvel outil de simulation IBC Power Simulation. Pour la première fois et grâce à cette simulation en ligne, les concepteurs de systèmes d’alimentation pourront interactivement modeler les performances électriques et thermiques du convertisseur de bus intermédiaire dans des applications spécifiques. Accessible aux utilisateurs à partir du centre de conception en ligne PowerBench™ de Vicor, cet outil de s...
Vicor Unveils Online IBC Power Simulation Tool
Vicor Corporation today unveiled its new IBC Power Simulation tool, an industry-first online simulation capability that enables power system designers to interactively model the electrical and thermal performance of intermediate bus converters in application-specific operating conditions and thermal environments.