DC-DC Converters employ High-density Packaging for UAV, ground vehicle, radar, transportation and industrial control apps

Vicor Corporation today announced the expansion of its DCM series of DC-DC converters utilizing the Converter housed in Package™ (ChiP) power component format.

The DCM in a ChiP package is an isolated, regulated DC-DC converter, operating from an unregulated, wide range input to generate an isolated DC output. Leveraging a high frequency zero voltage switching (ZVS) topology, DCM converters consistently deliver high efficiency across the input line range.  Modular DCM converters and downstream DC-DC products support efficient power distribution, helping to optimize power system performance and connectivity from a variety of unregulated power sources to the point-of-load.

Aimed at a variety of applications, including UAV, ground vehicle, radar, transportation and industrial controls, Vicor has added four new 30V input nominal modules (9-50V range) in a 3623 ChiP package (1.52 x 0.90 x 0.29 in).  These converters have output voltages of 5, 24, 28, and 48 V, and power levels up to 160 W, with a power density up to 404 W/in3.  Also announced is a 28 V input nominal module (16-50V range) in a 3623 ChiP package with a 3.3V output at 120 W, a 375 W module with a nominal input voltage of 275V (120-420V) and 12V output in a 4623 ChiP package, and a 270V input nominal module (160-420V range) in a 4623 ChiP package with a 48V output at 500 W (1.89 x 0.90 x 0.29 in), achieving a power density of 1,014 W/in3.