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Digital Power Solutions
Digital Converters
GE’s Critical Power business digitally controlled DC-DC power
converters provide power engineers with a broad suite of
information and tools to innovate their designs. Digital models
offer more flexibility, often require less real estate, and deliver
higher performance at an attractive price. The true power of
digital communication becomes apparent when measurements
and adjustments can be made instantaneously.
Digital modules provide the ability to diagnose and refine
designs prior to final production, monitor and adjust running
product and deliver exceptional thermal de-rating. Digital
solutions combine voltage range accuracy while consuming
less board space at competitive costs.
The non-isolated DLynx* family and the isolated Barracuda*
family offer both an industry-standard DOSA footprint to ensure
hardware compatibility and a standard PMBus interface to
ensure software compatibility to minimize risk for future designs.
DLynx*
The DLynx* portfolio is available in 3A, 6A, 12A, and 20A digital
and analog versions in addition to a 40A module. The DC-DC
POL converters efficiently power circuit board electronics such
as processors, memory, application specific integrated circuits
(ASICs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and other
silicon devices. The standards-based DOSA footprints and
analog/digital compatibility with existing circuit board designs
shrinks the size, lowers the cost and improves the performance
of DC-DC converter modules.
An industry-standard PMBus interface and space-saving Tunable
Loop* technology deliver leading current density. With proven
tools to simplify design, DLynx* modules can be implemented
with only three external components. Adaptive voltage scaling
(AVS) leverages silicon performance to reduce power consumption
through tight digital control (±0.4 percent) of the output voltage
and a ±1 percent controller set point reference.
Barracuda*
The cost-effective, high-efficiency Barracuda* series delivers
digital power communication and control in a quarter-brick and
eighth-brick DOSA standard footprint. Power design engineers
can deploy the new Barracuda* modules in existing power
designs as DOSA-compliant, drop-in upgrades for unregulated
and semi-regulated bus converters. As part of the Total
Efficiency* architecture, the new Barracuda* modules deliver
peak efficiency of up to 96 percent.
A new digital PMBus interface supports a wide range of
commands to both control and monitor the Barracuda*
modules with a full range of protections and warnings, digital
on/off, trim, margin, power good, rise time adjustment, and
input under voltage lockout.
SlimLynx*
The SlimLynx* 12A is the first offering within a new series
of encapsulated, digital and analog, non-isolated, DC-DC
converters from GE’s Critical Power business. The ultra-slim
3mmmodule provides industry-leading power density to
reduce heat dissipation inside industrial, networking and
telecommunication devices, while also delivering exceptionally
high energy efficiency, peaking at over 95 percent. See www.
slimlynx.com for more information.