Evaluation and validation boards for distributed power solution

18 April 2007 Power Electronics / Power Management

Vicor has a comprehensive line-up of 52 Factorised Power Architecture (FPA) Customer Evaluation and Validation Boards, featuring BCM, PRM and VTM V*I Chip power components. In addition the company has created an expanding library of V·I Chip application notes to support the implementation of power system designs. The latter is available at www.vicorpower.com/library/technical_documentation/design_center/application_notes/

The introduction of the evaluation boards and application note library provides a quick and easy way to get an appreciation of the advantages of V·I Chip technology, according to Vicor.

FPA technology and the families of V·I chip power components offer a fundamentally new and improved approach to distributed power. Factorising DC-DC power conversion into its basic functions - isolation and transformation in the VTM units and regulation in the PRM module - maximises power system performance and cost effectiveness. Unregulated BCM converters complete the line-up.

Four PRM non-isolated regulator boards and 13 VTM current multiplier boards are available now. A PRM board is selected to match the desired input voltage, and a VTM board is selected to provide the desired output voltage and current. Plugged together, they allow the user to explore FPA's regulated DC-DC capabilities and develop an understanding of the technology.

Fourteen 48 V BCM converter evaluation boards with fixed ratio outputs from 1,5 V to 48 V d.c. are also available, along with high voltage (352 Vin and 384 Vin) versions. In addition, 21BCM validation boards with standard 1/4 brick pinning are designed for engineers to test the performance of the BCM intermediate bus converter in their existing application and enable 300 W or 600 W solutions.

The customer evaluation boards are equipped with test sockets, trim pots, and convenient input and output connections.

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