Power Semiconductors

APEC 2022: Overcoming power management design challenges

17 March 2022

Texas Instruments (TI) will launch three new products at the Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) 2022 to address power management design challenges for electric vehicles and the industrial sector.

During the show, which is taking place in Houston, Texas, March 20-24, TI will showcase the newest additions to its power-management portfolio and demonstrate system-level solutions for power density, reducing electromagnetic interference, noise and quiescent current and extending reliability.

The three new products include:

  • Two buck converters — The LMQ66430 and LMQ66430-Q1 that integrate two input bypass capacitors and one boot capacitor.
  • LDO linear regulator — TI claims the TPS7A94 combines the lowest noise of 0.46 µVRMS with a high power-supply rejection ratio. This helps engineers to improve system accuracy and precision in applications such as medical equipment, wireless infrastructure and radar.

The LMQ66430 buck converter is being introduced by TI at APEC to help power issues for EVs and industrial applications. Source: TI  The LMQ66430 buck converter is being introduced by TI at APEC to help power issues for EVs and industrial applications. Source: TI These devices help with power management by increasing power density through an 800 V, 11 kW three-level, three-phase, gallium nitride (GaN)-based active neutral-point clamped (ANPC) inverter power stage.

The devices lower EMI in automotive and industrial segments while improving filter size and enabling safer systems with high-voltage isolation technologies. Additionally, these power devices provide extended battery life in EV and hybrid powertrain systems.

Finally, the device enhances the power and signal integrity of low-voltage devices such as voltage-controlled oscillators, analog-to-digital converters, digital-to-analog converters and high-end processors.

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