Cypress’s PowerPSoC® Family of Integrated Embedded Power Controllers Wins 2009 Elektra Award for “Power Systems Product ...
December 10 2009 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ:CY) today announced that
Electronics Weekly magazine has selected Cypress’s PowerPSoC®
family of integrated embedded power controllers as the winner of
the 2009 Elektra Award for “Power Systems Product of the Year.” The
family offers the industry’s first single-chip solution to control
and drive high-power LEDs. The devices integrate four
constant-current regulators and four 32V MOSFETs with Cypress’s
PSoC® programmable system-on-chip, which includes programmable
analog and digital blocks, a microcontroller, and memory.
This unprecedented level of integration provides customers with
a single-chip solution for high-quality LED-based lighting products
and extends into other embedded applications such as white goods
and industrial control. The result is end systems with fewer
components, faster design cycles, lower power consumption and
higher reliability. More information on the PowerPSoC family is
available at www.cypress.com/go/pr/PowerPSoC.
An independent panel of judges selected the Elektra Award
winners, which were announced in London on December 1. Now in its
seventh year, the categories of the Elektra Awards have been
enhanced to reflect the strength of innovation in semiconductor
design and the growing importance of applications such as LED
lighting and renewable energy technologies. To read more about the
Elektra Awards, visit: www.elektraawards.co.uk.
“We are pleased to add the prestigious Elektra Award to the
growing list of accolades earned by the PowerPSoC family,” said
Curtis Davis, vice president of Cypress’s PowerPSoC Division.
“PowerPSoC customers are also recognizing the unmatched flexibility
of the solution’s architecture and the simplified design and
reduced BOM costs it enables.”
About PowerPSoC
The PowerPSoC family integrates up to four independently
operated 32V / 1A MOSFETs that offer the ability to drive high
power LEDs up to 1A. The devices include up to four programmable
hysteretic controllers to provide controlled current output and up
to four low-side gate drivers with programmable drive strength to
support voltages above 32V with external MOSFETs. Up to 2MHz
switching frequency allows use of smaller, less expensive
inductors. The family offers floating load buck, floating load
buck-boost, and boost converter topologies that enable flexibility
for the different voltage requirements of various applications. An
auxiliary power regulator allows a PowerPSoC chip to operate up to
32V from a single power supply. The devices also offer 16-bit
dimming for lighting applications that require high-resolution
dimming.
The companion software for PowerPSoC, the PSoC Designer™
development tool, enables designers to quickly and efficiently
program the controllers for different lighting and power options.
It also allows changes late in the design cycle without having to
change the circuit board layout. More information about PSoC
products and design tools is available at www.cypress.com/psoc. For
more information on the PowerPSoC family, visit
www.cypress.com/go/powerpsoc.
About Cypress
Cypress delivers high-performance, mixed-signal, programmable
solutions that provide customers with rapid time-to-market and
exceptional system value. Cypress offerings include the flagship
PSoC® programmable system-on-chip families and derivatives such as
PowerPSoC® solutions for high-voltage and LED lighting
applications, CapSense® touch sensing and TrueTouch™ solutions for
touchscreens. Cypress is the world leader in USB controllers,
including the high-performance West Bridge® solution that enhances
connectivity and performance in multimedia handsets. Cypress is
also a leader in high-performance memories and programmable timing
devices. Cypress serves numerous markets including consumer, mobile
handsets, computation, data communications, automotive, industrial
and military. Cypress trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market
under the ticker symbol CY. Visit Cypress online at
www.cypress.com.
Cypress, the Cypress logo, PSoC, PowerPSoC, CapSense and West
Bridge are registered trademarks and PSoC Designer and TrueTouch
are trademarks of Cypress Semiconductor Corp. All other trademarks
are property of their owners.
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