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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
Thermal management for Cool-Power isolated DC-DC converters
Communications and storage equipment designers remain under constant pressure to increase system performance whilst using less board area and smaller form factors. Improved power system density can make a significant contribution to this goal by freeing up board space for system-level features.
Vicor Bolsters Global Strategy With Future Electronics and New VP of Global Distribution
Vicor announced the appointment of Future Electronics as a global distributor and of Richard Begen as Vice President of Global Distribution. Global distribution will support business growth with a broader base of customers having access to the competitive advantages enabled by Vicor’s high-performance power components and systems. Future Electronics will begin a phased rollout of Vicor’s products in August of this year.
Vicor adds high-power, wide-input bus converters to family
Vicor announced additions to the IBC 050 and IBC 048 series of VI BRICK Intermediate Bus Converters. The new family already comprises over 12 models, in eighth- and quarter-brick formats, delivering from 300W up to as much as 750W.
Vicor’s new mil/aero bus converter halves size and weight
Vicor announces a high-efficiency, non-regulated MIL-COTS BCM bus converter, the MBCM270F450M270A00, to complete a family of V•I Chip™ power components for airborne, naval and land-based applications.
Vicor Corporation Introduces Bus Converters in Industry Standard Packages With Leading Power Density and 98% Conversion Efficiency
Vicor Corporation today announced the introduction of the IBC048 series of VI BRICK Intermediate Bus Converters, which offer double the power density and half the conversion loss of competitive devices. Available as drop-in replacements for industry standard eighth-brick and quarter-brick 5:1 and 4:1 intermediate bus converters, initial product offerings include 300 W and 500 W models, providing 9.6 V or 12 V outputs from a nominal 48 V input wi...
Vicor receives prestigious SPDEI award
Vicor has built its reputation over the years as a leading provider of power solutions through the quality and range of its products and the support and commitment to its customers and distributors, internationally. This was independently recognised at the SPDEI (Syndicat Professionnel de la Distribution en Electronique Industrielle) awards in Paris on 17 November, where Vicor was named as Prize Winner in the Energy Category. Voted for by distrib...
Vicor introduces the PFM Isolated AC-DC Converter with PFC enabling the world’s lowest-profile power systems
Vicor Corporation announces the PFM VI Brick module, an isolated AC-DC converter with Power Factor Correction. With its Adaptive Cell architecture enabling consistently high efficiency over worldwide AC mains, the PFM converter delivers 330 W at 48 V SELV in a 9.5 mm-thin profile.
On-Line Store Gives Prototyping An Edge With Fast Delivery
IF you design power conversion solutions into your own electronics products, Vicor’s stand at electronica 2010 is a must. You can check out the latest power conversion products to give your designs the leading edge.
Picor Introduces New Cool-ORing 48 V and 12 V High-Side Active ORing Solutions
Picor, a subsidiary of Vicor Corporation specializing in the design and development of high-performance power management solutions, announces two additions to its Cool-ORing Active ORing product family. Primarily intended for 12 V and 48 V high-side redundant bus applications, the PI2127 is a full-function Active ORing solution and the PI2007 is a universal high-speed discrete Active ORing controller. Both address a broad range of redundant inte...
Vicor Introduces MIL-COTS VI Brick Filter
The Brick Business Unit of Vicor has announced the introduction of the MIL-COTS VI BRICK Filter, available as a stand-alone filter or integrated with the PRM™ Regulator Module. The integrated filter is an efficient (~95%) non-isolated regulator capable of both boosting and bucking a wide-range input voltage (16.5 – 50 VDC) and delivers output power up to 120 W. Smaller than comparable competitive products, it provides compliance to MIL-STD-...
Vicor Adds 28V Wide-Input Mini Family of DC-DC Converters
Vicor announces the addition of a new 28V Wide Input Mini Family of DC-DC Converters. With a wide input range of 9 to 36V, the modules are appropriate for MIL-COTS and industrial applications operating from 12V or 24V inputs, which are typical for battery systems in vehicles. Fully encapsulated, Vicor Mini modules utilize a proprietary spin-fill process to assure complete, void-free encapsulation making them suitable for the harshest environmen...
Vicor Launches Half-Chip PRM Regulator
V•I Chip, a subsidiary of Vicor Corporation, has announced its half-chip PRM regulator, the newest member of the company’s V•I Chip product line. The PRM48BH480T200A00 is the highest power-density DC-DC solution currently available for applications with limited space – an ideal solution for medium- to low-power applications. In its half-chip package (16.5 x 22.0 x 6.7mm), this converter is 97 percent efficient at 200W with the same power ...
Picor introduces PI3101 Cool-Power 60W isolated DC-DC converter setting a new benchmark for size and power density
Picor, a subsidiary of Vicor Corporation specialising in the design and development of high performance power management solutions, announces the PI3101 Cool-Power™ high-density isolated DC-DC converter, ideal for end-systems such as advanced telecom and wireless infrastructure, networking & communications, Power-over-Ethernet applications and high speed server platforms. The PI3101 is the first in a new family of high-density power conversion ...
Westcor Introduces MIL-COTS Family of AC-DC Configurable Power Supplies
Vicor Corporation’s Westcor Division has announced that elements of Westcor’s proven configurable power supplies have been added to Vicor’s range of military COTS products. They include, specifically, PFC Mini MI and PFC Micro/MicroS MI power factor corrected AC-DC switchers; PFC MegaPAC MI power factor corrected AC-DC switcher; and FlatPAC-EN MI, an EN compliant, autoranging switcher.
Vicor Techtorials - Paralleling DC Converters
David Berry, Field Applications Engineer, delineates the primary reasons for paralleling DC-DC converters: to increase power or provide fault tolerance. In that context, the value of current sharing and methods of achieving it are described. Lab demonstrations are used to visually reinforce the major points. Visit http://www.vicoreurope.com/techtorials
Vicor Thermal & Mechanical Considerations Video
Marco Panizza, Manager, Applications Engineering, defines the terms and relationships among efficiency, heat, cooling by conduction, convection and radiation. Using these relationships, he performs the calculations to determine efficiency and thermal impedance, leading to choose a proper heat sink.
New Vicor Power Techtorial Videos Available in Online Learning Zone for Power Engineers
Vicor Corporation announces three new videos in its Power Techtorial series, which will be available in a new Learning Zone on the Vicor Europe website that provides on-demand solutions to common power design challenges as well as offering self-assessment tools that ensure engineers have understood key topics. Development of training materials is driven by engineers submitting requests through the website, ensuring that the training addresses rea...
Factorized Power for Leading Computers Unveiled at Supercomputing 09
Vicor Corporation has announced its exhibition at Supercomputing 09 of large scale Factorized Power systems used in IBM next generation high performance computing platforms. V•I Chip modules have broken records of power density, efficiency and transient response speed, with current density exceeding 110 Amps per square inch. V•I Chips enable Factorized Power Architecture™ (FPA™) which offers unprecedented power system design flexibilit...
Vicor - Offline VI Brick BCM Array with Vertical Mount Heatsink
The Brick Business Unit of Vicor has announced the introduction of the VI Brick BCM Array. This is a high-efficiency (typically 95%), high power (up to 650W), vertically mounted BCM array, that provides isolation and conversion from 380V to 12 or 48V for low voltage distribution near the Point-of-Load (POL). It incorporates the superior technical attributes of V•I Chip technology in a robust package that facilitates thermal management.
Vicor's Wide-Input 28V Micro DC-DC Converters
The Brick Business Unit of Vicor Corporation has announced the addition of eight wide-input Micro DC-DC converters to the 28VDC input family. These models have nominal output voltages ranging from 3.3 to 48VDC and a maximum power of 100W (50W at 3.3Vout and 5Vout, and 100W at 12, 15, 24, 28, 36 and 48Vout). These modules target either 12V or 24V applications, such as MIL-COTS or commercial battery systems in vehicles.