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Digi-Key to distribute Helix power ICs

July 15, 2019 By Aimee Kalnoskas

MxC 200

Fabless power semiconductor company Helix Semiconductors and Digi-Key, a leading electronic components distributor, today announced that the two companies have entered into a global distribution partnership. Under the terms of the agreement, Digi-Key will distribute Helix Semiconductors’ MxC 200 family of configurable, high-efficiency 15W DC-DC power ICs and evaluation boards worldwide. The MxC 200 family consists of five monolithic, configurable, high-voltage […]

Filed Under: Distribution, Power Supply News, Transistors Tagged With: digikey, helixsemiconductors

High-efficiency switched-capacitor ICs step down 12-48-V levels

May 6, 2019 By Aimee Kalnoskas

switched-capacitor ICs

Fabless power semiconductor company Helix Semiconductors today announced a new DC-DC product family that maximizes low-profile DC-DC power delivery to create leading-class, high-power density solutions. Based on the technology platform first introduced in its highly efficient MxC 200 power IC, which began mass production last year, the new family is designed to take voltage input ranging from 12-48V and convert it […]

Filed Under: DC-DC, Transistors Tagged With: helixsemiconductors

Transformerless chipset offers super-high power density for ac-dc supplies

August 28, 2018 By Aimee Kalnoskas

Transformerless chipset

Fabless power semiconductor company Helix Semiconductors today announced Murata Group represented by Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is the first to co-develop the new MxC 300 transformerless chipset for their AC-DC converter modules. Helix Semiconductors’ MxC 300 is a two-chip solution that offers the highest power density in the industry – up to 20x higher than transformer-based solutions – for 65W […]

Filed Under: AC-DC, Transistors Tagged With: helixsemiconductors

DC-DC power IC converts 48 V to extremely low voltage

September 26, 2017 By Lee Teschler

Helix eMpower HS200 DC-DC Power IC

The HS200 is a dc-dc power IC that offers greater than 97% efficiency at 2.6 W and greater than 90% efficiency at 15 W. With no load, the HS200 consumes only 0.5 mW. Power can be pulled from any of its three outputs simultaneously up to 15 W. Efficiency is nearly flat from full load […]

Filed Under: Controllers, DC-DC Tagged With: helixsemiconductors

High-efficiency ac/dc converters now sampling

July 11, 2017 By Aimee Kalnoskas

Transformerless chipset

Fabless power semiconductor company Helix Semiconductors today announced sampling of its eMpower HS100 chipset, its first production IC, which is a key piece in the company’s mission to address the overburdened nature of electricity grids around the globe. By enabling more than 90 percent end-to-end efficiency, the eMpower HS100 is an answer to the regulatory pressures being exerted […]

Filed Under: AC-DC Tagged With: helixsemiconductor, helixsemiconductors

AC-to-5 V converter chips hit 95% efficiency

April 3, 2017 By Aimee Kalnoskas

Transformerless chipset

Fabless power semiconductor company Helix Semiconductors has launched the first in a series of products designed to eliminate energy waste worldwide. The new eMpower HS100 is a two-chip set that brings unparalleled conversion efficiency of more than 95 percent when converting AC mains voltage to 5VDC — especially at light load, no load or standby operating conditions. […]

Filed Under: Converters, IoT, Power Components, Semiconductor Tagged With: helixsemiconductors

Single-stage conversion efficiency to hit 98% thanks to new process technology

March 15, 2017 By Aimee Kalnoskas

Power conversion efficiencies of more than 95 percent have long been the stuff of systems designers’ dreams. Helix Semiconductors today announced that it has fabricated the next generation of its patented MuxCapacitor® voltage reduction technology using a .18 micron process — an industry first. A fabless power semiconductor company, Helix Semiconductors has fabricated MuxCapacitor technology in both 1 […]

Filed Under: Power Supplies, Single-phase Tagged With: APEC, apec2017, helixsemiconductors

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