SAN JOSE, Calif. and
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Maxim
Integrated Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM) today announced
power-management ICs offering the industry's smallest solution
size and highest efficiency to help automotive designers meet
space and power challenges of next-generation automotive
applications. As digital instrument clusters, radio head units and
electronic subsystems require ever higher levels of compute power,
these new high-power buck converters and high-power, multiphase
buck controllers empower designers to balance low power consumption
with high efficiency and electromagnetic interference (EMI)
mitigation.
- Details about MAX20004/6/8:
www.maximintegrated.com/products/MAX20004
- Details about MAX20098:
www.maximintegrated.com/products/MAX20098
- Details about MAX20034:
www.maximintegrated.com/products/MAX20034
- Details about Maxim automotive power solutions:
http://bit.ly/Maxim_Auto_Power
- Hi-res image: http://bit.ly/CES_MaximAuto_Image
As automotive systems become more sophisticated with increasing
levels of electronic components, higher power microprocessors are
required to control and supervise their functionality. This
adoption of more powerful instrument clusters, USB hubs, advanced
driver assistance systems (ADAS) and infotainment and navigation
systems is driving 10 percent annual growth for power-management
ICs through 2026, according to analyst firm IHS Markit. This growth
pattern is presenting designers with multiple challenges for
managing power consumption, efficiency, EMI and solution size to
achieve the performance needed in harsh, space-constrained
automotive operating environments.
To ensure designers meet these goals, Maxim's array of
automotive-grade ICs provide many options to manage the DC power as
automotive OEMs transition from processors that consume 20 watts of
power to artificial intelligence platforms that consume as much as
500 watts. With a package size of 3.5mm x 3.75mm, Maxim's buck
converters offer the industry's smallest solution size. Their
flip-chip quad-flat no-leads (FCQFN) packaging reduces
high-frequency switch node ringing and eliminates bond wires to
lower MOSFET switch on-resistance and increase efficiency. Maxim
offers the industry's only pin-compatible parts for four, six and
eight amps for flexible power regulation. All of the ICs feature
spread-spectrum modulation, high switching frequency, forced
pulse-width modulation and skip-mode operation for best-in-class
performance.
Maxim's newest automotive power-management ICs for high-voltage
power applications include:
- MAX20004, MAX20006 and MAX20008 4A, 6A and
8A high-voltage (40V tolerant) synchronous buck converters with
integrated high-side and low-side MOSFETs, offering the industry's
lowest switch resistance of 38 and 18 mΩ, respectively, for high
efficiency. Key advantages of these pin-compatible devices include
25µA quiescent current, operating input voltages from 3.5V to 36V
and 93 percent peak efficiency. All are available in a compact
3.5mm x 3.75mm, 17-pin side-wettable QFN package that reduces
high-frequency switch node and improves efficiency.
- MAX20098 220kHz to 2.2MHz synchronous buck controller
for applications with mid- to high-power requirements operating
with input voltages from 3.5V to 36V (42V tolerant). For
efficiency, this device features a quiescent current of 3.5µA in
skip mode at 3.3V output along with a 1µA typical
shutdown current specification. Its 3mm x 3mm side-wettable QFN
package reduces solution size, and the IC requires few external
components, enabling a two-layer PCB design.
- MAX20034 220kHz to 2.2MHz dual synchronous buck
controller for high-voltage applications operating with input
voltages from 3.5V to 36V (42V tolerant), where one regulator will
operate as a fixed 5V or 3.3V output and the other output is
adjustable between 1V to 10V. Key efficiency advantages include
17µA quiescent current in skip mode and 6.5µA typical shutdown
current. The device is available in a 5mm x 5mm side-wettable QFN
package, and it provides up to 2.2MHz switching frequency to enable
smaller external components and total solution size.
Commentary
- "Power semiconductors in automotive are projected to grow to
more than $13.7 billion by 2023,"
said Kevin Anderson, senior analyst
for power ICs at IHS Markit. "One of the high-growth areas is
the digital cockpit where engineers are introducing new features,
more functionality and more powerful systems while staying within a
finite area and power budget."
- "Today's vehicles are powerful computers on wheels, with
digital instrument clusters, radio head units and related
subsystems requiring increasingly higher levels of compute power,"
said Chintan Parikh, executive
business manager for the Automotive Business Unit at Maxim
Integrated. "Power supply designs must carefully balance low power
consumption, high efficiency and EMI mitigation in order to meet
the design challenges of these high-voltage applications.
High-power buck converters and multiphase, high-power buck
controllers play a critical role in enabling this technology."
Availability and Pricing
- For availability and pricing information, please visit the
individual product pages to inquire about specific products and
evaluation kits.
- EE-Sim® models are available; for details, visit
http://bit.ly/EE_Sim_Maxim
About Maxim Integrated
Maxim Integrated develops
innovative analog and mixed-signal products and technologies to
make systems smaller and smarter, with enhanced security and
increased energy efficiency. We are empowering design innovation
for our automotive, industrial, healthcare, mobile consumer and
cloud data center customers to deliver industry-leading solutions
that help change the world. Learn more at
https://www.maximintegrated.com.
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408-601-3145
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