Design Tool Simplifies Point-Of-Load Design

International Rectifier has launched an online design tool that enables electrical and thermal simulation and design optimisation for Supirbuck integrated point-of-load voltage regulators. The web-based tool is said to be user-friendly and interactive and enables the rapid selection and simulation of selected Supirbuck products. Based on a designer's given input and output parameters, the Supirbuck online tool selects suitable devices for a given application.

Once basic requirements are entered, the tool allows the user to capture schematics, create a reference design along with associated bill of materials, view waveforms and perform complex thermal and application analysis quickly and easily to accelerate development time. The tool is designed and engineered to assist a range of designers, from power experts to digital specialists with limited exposure to analogue design. Supirbuck devices featured in the tool cover the initial load currents up to 12A, up to 21V input voltage and output voltages as low as 0.7V, and are supported by standard and customisable demo kits, reference designs, datasheets, and electrical, mechanical and application notes.

In addition, the featured devices are also supported by readily available samples and short lead times. International Rectifier's Supirbuck voltage regulators integrate the company's high-performance synchronous buck control ICs and benchmark Hexfet trench technology Mosfets in a compact 5 x 6mm Power QFN package, shrinking the silicon footprint compared with discrete solutions and offering between eight and 10 per cent higher full-load efficiency than competing monolithic ICs.

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