Artesyn Technologies, Inc. has announced a new line of ultra low profile, high power DC/DC converters for distributed power architectures. The first products in the series include a single-output eighth-brick and dual-output quarter-brick that both establish new performance benchmarks for their categories. All products in the line employ highly innovative - patent pending - power conversion technology, and will establish new performance benchmarks for the industry. They provide best-in-class, breakout performance in four categories: output current capability, efficiency, height and cost. The eighth-brick model provides a single 1.8V output operating at a full-load efficiency of 89%. Future models will include 1.2V, 2.5V and 3.3Vconfigurations. The product is capable of delivering an industry leading 40A of output current, versus competitive products at up to 25A. The second product family of quarter-brick converters offers 3.3V/1.2V or 3.3V/1.8V output configurations, and is designed for through-hole mounting. Both models feature independently regulated outputs, with each channel capable of delivering up to 20A at 90% efficiency. Power design engineers can now replace two 20A quarter-bricks with one dual output 20A quarter-brick, reducing board space by 50% and cost by as much as 25%. "These products truly set a new performance standard in the DC/DC brick market," commented Artesyn's President and CEO, Joseph M. O'Donnell. "Our engineering and manufacturing has created a design that pushes the technology limits. This investment resulted not only in a line of next generation products, but also in a number of pending patents. The 40A of output current for the eighth-brick, as an example, is 60% higher than competitive products on the market today. The quarter-brick on the other hand not only offers customers significant savings, but it can also serve as the power input for our broad line of non-isolated point-of-load converters. We believe these products have tremendous potential, and due to early customer involvement in the design process, we have already recorded a major design win." All converters in the series are based on an open-fame, single board package, specifically designed for operation without a heatsink. They employ sophisticated synchronous rectification and planar magnetics to limit their height to just 7.7mm (0.3in). This extremely low profile makes them ideal for high performance applications that use tight inter-board rack spacing such as mobile switching, optical switches, high-end servers, and network multi-gigabit routers. They are designed for fully automated assembly, using surface mount components, and will be manufactured at the companyıs facility in China. The products are currently available for customer sampling with volume pricing of $64.50 for the eighth brick, and $92.00 for the dual-output quarter brick converter.

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