Available now: ZSPM1000 and ZSPM 9000
- First releases of a family of small, fully configurable POL solutions
- High efficiency across the load
- Best-in-class BOM cost saving transient performance
- Chipset price 10k pieces at €2,12 or US$3,21
Dresden, Germany, September 26th, 2011 – ZMD AG (ZMDI), a global supplier of energy-efficient analog and mixed-signal solutions for automotive, information technology, industrial, and medical applications enters the smart power management market with the launch of a configurable true-digital, high-performance PWM controller for non-isolated DC/DC POL supplies. The ZSPM1000 operates as synchronous step-down converter in a single-rail and single-phase configuration. In combination with the ZSPM9000, ZMDI’s ultra-compact MOSFET with integrated power-stage driver, the ZSPM1000 enables smart digital POL solutions for area constraint and high-performance applications such as servers, storage units, processor & FPGA boards, and others.
“ZMDI’s true-digital Smart Power Management products are easy-to-use and enable the power engineer to quickly achieve a reproducible high-performance and optimized solution. While the device is running, optimizations can be made on the fly, which improves time-to-market of our customers,” explains Bernhard Huber, business line manager for standard components at ZMDI. “Compared to traditional pure analog solutions, the digital communication enables tremendous energy savings and thermal management benefits through system level integration. Power engineers will appreciate the way our Pink Power Designer™ design optimizer tool balances design trade-offs such as cost, size and efficiency and helps to quickly identify the optimal POL solution”
The ZSPM1000 provide best-in-class transient performance, enabled by ZMDI’s Tru-Sample™ technology. At the same time, ZMDI’s State-Law™ technique ensures a good steady-state behavior.
The ZSPM9000 DrMOS is the ideal companion for ZMDI’s ZSPM1000 for non-isolated Point-of-Load (POL) supplies. An internal linear regulator enables the ZSPM9000 to operate from a single supply.
The ZSPM1000 digital POL controller IC comes in smallest standard package currently available: a 24-pin QFN package of 4mm x 4mm. The ZSPM9000 comes in a matching ultra-compact 40-pin PQFN package of 6mm x 6mm and provides 72% space saving compared to conventional discrete solutions.
The PC-based ZMDI Pink Power Designer provides a user-friendly and easy-to-use interface to the device for communication and configuration. It guides the user through the design of the digital compensator and offers intuitive configuration methods for additional features such as protection and sequencing.
The ZSPM1000 controller and the ZSPM9000 DrMOS are in full production now and a complete evaluation kit, the ZSPM8000-KIT, and the PC-based Pink Power design tools are available from ZMDI. For 10,000 pieces, the chipset is priced at €2,12 or US$3,21.
The URL for this news release is www.zmdi.com/news/press-releases-news
The URL for the product photos are www.zmdi.com/news/photos-logo
The URL for the ZSMP1000 is www.zmdi.com/zspm1000
The URL for the ZSMP9000 is www.zmdi.com/zspm9000
About ZMDI
Zentrum Mikroelektronik Dresden AG (ZMDI) is a premier supplier of innovative energy efficient analog and mixed-signal semiconductors for the automotive, information technology, mobile medical, industrial automation, consumer and information technology markets. The Company’s application-specific standard products (ASSPs) and application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) are known for their robust, cost-effective performance in demanding environments characterized by high temperature, high voltage, and the need for ultra-low power. These include sensor interfaces and conditioning ICs; actuators and LEDdriver ICs, and smart power management devices.
Headquartered in Dresden, Germany, ZMDI has 280 employees worldwide and serves customers from its offices in Dresden, Stuttgart, Germany; Milan, Italy; Pocatello, ID, Melville, NY; Tokyo, Japan, Seoul, Korea and Taipei, Taiwan. ZMDI has design centres in Dresden, Stuttgart, Munich, Germany; Varna, Bulgaria and Madison, Wisconsin. See more at www
