AnalogicTech's Dual-output Step-down Converter Boosts Efficiency in 12V Adapter Applications
More News related to AATI
- AnalogicTech's Battery Charger IC Dynamically Manages System Load and Charging
- Matrix Upgrades and Downgrades for November 25, 2008
- AnalogicTech's High Voltage Step-down Controller Maximizes 12V Adapter Design Flexibility
- AnalogicTech to Present at AeA Classic Financial Conference
- Advanced Analogic Technologies (AATI) Reports In-Line; Issues Downside Guidance; Announces $30M Buyback
More News related to Press Releases
- After-Hours Movers 12/03: Adobe (ADBE) Lower on Guidance; Enzon (ENZN) Up on Debt Pay down
- Trading Radar for 12/04: UTi Worldwide (UTIW), Wind River (WIND), Magma Design (LAVA) Report; Initial Jobless Claims, Factory Orders Due
- Unusual 11 Mid-Day Movers 12/03: OGXI, PPO, BZH, GW Higher; IFX, HSNI, FCX, PALM Lower
- Notable Analyst Rating Changes 12/03: LMT, DRI, CTAS Upgraded; ALO, SYK, FSLR Downgraded
- Morning Movers 12/03: Constellation Energy (CEG) Jumps On Alternative Bid From EDF, Schlumberger (SLB) Down On Warning
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc. (AnalogicTech(TM)) (Nasdaq: AATI), a developer of power management integrated circuits for communications, computing and consumer electronics devices, announced today the AAT2688, an integrated synchronous step-down converter and low-dropout (LDO) regulator for 12V adapter systems. Leveraging the unique advantages of AnalogicTech's proprietary high voltage Modular BCD process, the new device helps save power and reduces thermal dissipation by delivering efficiency levels up to 90 percent.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050829/SFTU089LOGO)
"Driven by cost considerations, many popular 12V consumer electronics systems such as set-top boxes, WLAN systems and DSL and cable modems, are forced to accept lower than optimal levels of power efficiency," says CJ Zhang, Product Line Vice President at AnalogicTech. "By integrating a synchronous step-down converter with a wide input range and an LDO optimized for low noise and low current, the AAT2688 allows designers to have the best of both worlds - power efficiency up to 90 percent and a dual-output power management solution in a compact, space-saving footprint."
Targeting Low Cost 12V Applications
Channel one on the dual output AAT2688 is a buck converter which operates off a wide 6V-to-24V input voltage making the device ideal for low-cost 12V adapter applications. The buck converter delivers a 4.5A output and converts 12V to 3.3V at a 4.5A load with up to 90 percent efficiency.
A high 490 kHz fixed switching frequency supports the use of small external L/C filtering components. Voltage mode control optimizes operation across the entire output voltage and load range. The buck converter offers accuracy +/- 1.5%.
The second channel on the AAT2688 provides a low input voltage LDO. This function operates off a 2.7V to 5.5V input voltage and delivers up to 600 mA. The LDO combines low output noise and low quiescent current with excellent transient response.
To maximize designers' options, the AAT2688 provides independent input and enable pins for each function.
To ensure device integrity, the new device also features internal soft start, over-current and over-temperature protection circuits.
Price and Availability
The AAT2688 is qualified across the -40 degrees C to +85 degrees C temperature range. It comes in a 4 x 5-mm, 24-pin TQFN package. The IC sells for $1.25 in 1K quantities.
About AnalogicTech
Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc. (AnalogicTech) is a supplier of Total Power Management(TM) semiconductor solutions for mobile consumer electronic devices, such as wireless handsets, notebook and tablet computers, smartphones, digital cameras, wireless LAN, and personal media players. The company focuses its design and marketing efforts on the application-specific power management needs of consumer, communications, and computing applications in these rapidly evolving devices. AnalogicTech also develops and licenses device, process, package, and application-related technology. AnalogicTech is headquartered in Santa Clara, California and Macau, S.A.R., with offices in China (Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen), Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Sweden, France and United Kingdom, as well as a worldwide network of sales representatives and distributors. The company is listed on the NASDAQ exchange under the ticker symbol AATI. For more information, please visit the AnalogicTech website: www.analogictech.com. (AnalogicTech - G)
AnalogicTech and the AnalogicTech logo are trademarks of Advanced Analogic Technologies Incorporated. All other brand and product names appearing in this document are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders.
SOURCE Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc.
Related Categories
Press ReleasesStocks Mentioned
-0.02Sign up for StreetInsider Free!
Receive full access to all new and archived articles, unlimited portfolio tracking, e-mail alerts, custom newswires and RSS feeds - and more!
