Integrated PowerSoCs offer industry's smallest footprint

20th October 2014

Altera Europe

Siobhan O'Gorman

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Fully compliant with the Automotive Electronics Council (AEC-Q100) qualification standard temperature grade 2, nine PowerSoC devices have been released by Altera. The Altera Enpirion PowerSoCs which comply with the critical stress test qualification for automotive ICs include step-down devices from the EP53xx and EN63xx families.

Supporting up to 12A, these turnkey PowerSoCs provide designers with complete power systems which are fully simulated, characterised and production-qualified, accelerating the design-in process.

The PowerSoCs, which are suitable for Altera’s Cyclone FPGAs and SoCs and MAX FPGAs and CPLDs, integrate inductors, filter capacitors, a controller and MOSFETs. According to Altera, this integration enables the devices to provide a footprint which is 25 to 50% smaller footprint than competing switching regulators and modules.

Offering up to 96% peak efficiency, the Altera Enpirion PowerSoCs are suitable for infotainment and driver information applications, ADAS applications and electric vehicle and powertrain applications.

“Our automotive-grade Enpirion PowerSoCs are specified, simulated, characterised, validated and manufacturing-tested as a complete power system. Fewer components and a tightly controlled IC manufacturing processes permit an unsurpassed 45,000 year MTBF reliability,” said Dan McNamara, Vice President, Automotive Business Unit, Altera. “By designing with these optimised, proven solutions, our customers can simplify their semiconductor supply chain, minimise bill of materials and accelerate time to market.”