Power Integrations news highlights innovations from a leading provider of high-voltage analog ICs used in efficient AC-DC power conversion. Their products are key to compact, energy-efficient power supplies in appliances, consumer electronics, and industrial equipment. Recent advancements include GaN-based switches and integrated controllers that support fast-charging and energy-saving designs. For Electronics Weekly readers, Power Integrations updates offer valuable insight into cutting-edge power electronics design—crucial for meeting regulatory efficiency standards and achieving compact, high-performance solutions.
APEC 2026: Power Integrations has implemented its GaN technology in its TOPSwitch flyback ICs to increase the power range to 400W. The company’s PowiGaN technology means that the flyback converters more than double power output to extend the power range above the conventional 250W to 440W for faster charging for e-bikes, mobility devices and industrial applications. They also exceed ErP ...
Power Integrations is one of the power semiconductors collaborating with Nvidia on its 800V data centre concept, where ~1MW will be delivered to each rack over an 800Vdc bus, and isolation is expected alongside down-conversion in the rack. Published at the OCP Global Summit in San Jose, PI’s white paper proposes its 1,250V and 1,700V GaN transistors as the main ...
Former Power Integrations board member Jennifer Lloyd will become its CEO next week, succeeding Balu Balakrishnan who has held the post since 2002. Lloyd was most recently corporate vice-president of Analog Devices’ power business unit, having held a succession of increasingly senior engineering and business roles at Analog since 1997 including heading $1bn business units. “Power Integrations has a unique ...
At PCIM in Nuremberg today, Power Integrations revealed five 800V automotive power supply reference designs for its 1,700V InnoSwitch3-AQ flyback dc-dc converter IC: RDK-994Q – 35W 40 to 1kVdc input, 24V output, low-profile traction inverter gate-drive or emergency PSU RDK-1039Q – 18W planar transformer traction inverter gate driver or emergency PSU (pictured) RDK-1054Q – 120W planar transformer PSU to eliminate ...
Power Integrations added high-temperature motor drive optimisation to its MotorXpert brushless dc motor software suite. “In this version 3.0 release, we have added a two-phase modulation scheme, which is ideal for applications that work in high temperature environments such as hot-water circulation pumps,” said company marketing manager Cristian Ionescu-Catrina. “Version 3.0 also features a five-fold improvement to our waveform visualisation tool ...
What is claimed to be the industry’s first 1,700V GaN transistor has been announced. Steve Bush interviews Andy Smith, company director of Power Integrations, to find out more about it. The transistor is integrated within Power Integrations’ latest series of InnoMux 2 branded multi-output flyback ac-dc converter ICs, in this case it is intended to work from 1,000V rails in ...
Power Integrations has announced industry’s first 1,700V GaN transistor – as far as the company can tell. It is integrated within its latest series of InnoMux-branded multi-output fly-back ac-dc converter ICs, in his case intended to work from 1,000V rails in industrial applications. “InnoMux 2 is the first vehicle because a lot of applications that need 1,700V are industrial with ...
Power Integrations is to acquire the assets of Odyssey Semiconductor for its vertical gallium nitride transistor technology. All commercial GaN power transistors are lateral current flow devices, including those already made by Power Integrations – technical limitations make vertical GaN devices very hard to make on a commercial scale. In a lateral device, source and drain contacts are on top ...
At APEC 2024, Power Integrations‘ chairman and CEO, Balu Balakrishnan, “declared war on DC-DC post regulators”, as the company introduced the GaN-based InnoMux-2 switcher IC family. The company said that the new ICs are an example of its value and energy focus because it combines AC-DC and DC-DC stages into a single power converter, resulting in a reduction in power ...
Power Integrations has announced the fifth generation of its InnoSwitch isolated fly-back ac-dc converter ICs, which removes the need for primary-side active clamping when operated in zero-voltage switching (ZVS) mode. Called the InnoSwitch5-Pro family, they include 750V or 900V GaN power switches, and the company claims they can be used in converters with over 95% efficiency. “The combination of ZVS ...
