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Welcome to Vicor News. In this edition we continue with part 2 of Phil Davies’s interview, which looks at power trends within the electronics industry and his vision for the future.
New announcements include a new wide-input range intermediate bus converter module, a DC front-end module and a new distribution partnership with Future Electronics.
The Tech Tip discusses the challenges in meeting EMI for AC-DC systems.
 
     
 
 
WATT’S NEW
 
     
 
New 98% Efficient Intermediate Bus Converters
have 75 Vin input Transient Capability


Vicor’s new IBC054 Series of wide-input range VI BRICK Bus Converters
are available as drop-in upgrades for industry standard 5:1 and 4:1 converters. These eighth and quarter bricks achieve up to 98% efficiency from a 36 V to 60 V input voltage range at power levels from 300 W up to 750 W, with 2250 Vdc input to output isolation. This series of bus converters offers a transient surge capability of 75 Vin for 100 mS for Telecom, Power-over-Ethernet and other applications.


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New FIAM family Product for Defense Applications

The Military COTS 28 Vin M-FIAM7B provides EMC filtering, transient protection and inrush current limiting, with MIL-STD performance and environmental qualifications. This latest addition to Vicor’s family of Filtered Input Attenuator Modules (FIAMs) is compatible with Vicor’s 28 VDC V•I Chip and VI BRICK modules.

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Future Electronics Announced as Distributor

Vicor has signed a global distribution agreement with Future Electronics. Complementing our existing strong channel partnerships, this new relationship will provide even more engineers easy access to our proven high-performance products with the technical backup required.

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FEATURE
 
     
 
Interview (Part 2) with Phil Davies,
Vice President for Global Sales and Marketing


This is the second half of a recent interview with Phil Davies, Vicor’s newly-appointed Vice President for Global Sales and Marketing, in which he shares his views on power design trends within the electronics industry and his vision for the future.

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TECH TIP
 
     
 
Back to Basics: Meeting EMI for AC-DC Systems

EMI is often seen as one of the “black arts” of power conversion design and system integration, particularly for AC-DC systems. Our latest technical tip by David Fletcher, Principal Engineer from Vicor’s Westcor Division, looks at the causes of EMI and its impact on a system, before going on to make some practical suggestions on how to minimize its effect.

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