High-speed designs use digital components with very fast edge rates in their output signals which can be subjected to significant distortion and degradation creating high bit-error-rates and lower data throughput.  Insertion and reflection losses, crosstalk and impedance mismatch, are all factors, amongst others, influencing the integrity of a transmitted signal.

Empower’s E-CAP silicon capacitors provide wide bandwidth low impedance highly stable decoupling capacitors capable of being placed close and even integrated into an SoC substrate.

Empower Semiconductor is developing power management solutions enabling full unrestricted speed and performance of the latest xPUs.

  • High power density
  • High bandwidth conversion
  • Low power distribution losses
  • Vertical Power

The ability to process data and perform complex calculations at high speeds has been intensified in recent years by leaps in technologies such as artificial intelligence, 3-D imaging and autonomous driving. These technologies have exacerbated the need for faster and more complex processors and architectures.

Equipment designed to operate within a high magnetic field environment can experience power failures or abnormal operating conditions due to the force the magnetic field imposes on ferromagnetic material-based electronics.

Moreover, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) devices can record false or distorted images due to the inferences from such electronics. Empower’s IVRs regulators use non-ferromagnetic air-core inductors ideal for operating in harsh magnetic environments.

Data being communicated and processed around the globe is rapidly growing, driving the need for a new generation of faster data processing components and elements in data centers and datacom equipment.

Empower Semiconductor offers novel fully integrated power management solutions that both increase performance and solve the power density challenge of space-constrained data-intensive applications.

Click for more

System-on-Modules (SOMs) and Computer-on-Modules (CoMs) provide all components of an embedded processing system (processors, communication interfaces, memory blocks, power management, etc.) on a single production-ready printed circuit board (PCB). This modular approach makes them ideal for embedding into a variety of end systems and applications.Empower’s IVRs provide high-density configurable multi-rails regulators enabling rapid and flexible prototyping.

Chiplet architectures are rapidly gaining popularity over monolithic designs in developing complex SoCs. While providing increased performance, design flexibility and upgradability, they do, however, require more complex power management and PCB routing.

Empower’s IVRs can be integrated as an additional chiplet into an SoC increasing the power delivery efficiency and simplifying PCB routing.

12V Solutions

Ultra compact and flexible solution for 12V nominal systems

The traditional 12V architecture that has been widely implemented and accepted uses single output, low frequency switching converters. As systems evolve and continuously incorporate more features, requiring additional discrete power rails to be added, the traditional model grows dramatically in area and bill of materials. As little as 25% of system power (measured in watts) can occupy more than 60% of the PCB area and components, severely limiting the ability of the system to scale with growing demands.

The Empower scalable 12V solution addresses this growing need without the added burden of PCB area, bill of material and cost. For the same requirements, the Empower scalable 12V solution is capable of a 3x reduction in area and a 6x reduction in component count. The combination of the EP60XX 12V input high efficiency converters with the ultra high-density EP70XX completely integrated IVRs makes the Empower 12V solution simple to implement and scale with minimal engineering effort.

Benefits of the Empower 12V Scalable Solution

12V -> 0.5-1.8V, 0.5-10A

7 rails

Empower's Scalable 12V Solution for up to 30W

Option
Output Power
1.8V Output
Variable Outputs
1
Up to 20W
EP6070
1-3x EP70xx
2
Up to 30W
EP6069
1-3x EP70xx

Traditional solution vs IVR

Application Circuit for Empower's Scalable 12V Solution

20 Component BOM can deliver 10 rails from 12V (up to 30W output)

#
Part Description
Part Type
Part # / Value
Qty
U1
12V to 1.8V Fixed Output Converter IC
IC
EP6069
1
C2
12V input de-coupling capacitor
Capacitor
47uF, 1210, 25V
1
C3
12V input de-coupling capacitor
Capacitor
10uF, 0603, 25V
1
C4
12V input de-coupling capacitor
Capacitor
10uF, 1210, 16V
1
C1
VCC input de-coupling capacitor
Capacitor
4.7uF, 0603, 6.3V
1
C7
1.8V Fixed output capacitor
Capacitor
22uF, 0805, 6.3V
1
C5, C6
1.8V Fixed output capacitor
Capacitor
47uF, 0805, 6.3V
2
C8, C9
1.8V Fixed output capacitor
Capacitor
100uF, 0805, 6.3V
2
L1
12V to 1.8V converter's inductor
Inductor
0.55uH, XAL7070-551MEC
1
C10
BST pin de-coupling capacitor
Capacitor
0.1uF, 16V, 0603
1
Css
SS pin de-coupling capacitor
Capacitor
10nF, 50V, 0402
1
R1, R2, R3, RTON
Resistors
Resistor
Misc
4
U2
Triple Output PoL IVR (0.5-1.2V/10A)
IC
EP70xx
1
U3
Triple Output PoL IVR (0.5-1.2V/10A)
IC
EP70xx
1
U4
Triple Output PoL IVR (0.5-1.2V/10A)
IC
EP70xx
1

12V Solution Reference Design

Part #
Description
Input Voltage
Iout (A)
Vout Min (V)
Vout Max (V)
Package
Size
Thickness
EP6069
Single Output 1.8V / 30A DC-DC
4.5V – 24V
30
0.6
0.85 x VIN
QFN
5.0 x 5.0
0.9
EP6070
Single Output 1.8V / 15A DC-DC
6.5V – 28V
15
0.6
0.85 x VIN
QFN
4.0 x 4.0
0.9

12V Solution Design Resources