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Regulators in the EU have set harmonic limits to improve the power factor of power supplies. At the same time, designs must remain efficient in terms of cost and size.

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Performance & Cost Leadership for Titanium PFC and AC/DC Designs

Boosting the efficiency of the Power Factor Correction (PFC) stage is important to achieve Titanium AC/DC power supplies. However, the design process is not always straightforward, which can lead to a much higher BOM cost if new wide-bandgap components, such as GaN/SiC, are considered.

ICERGi offers a range of ready-to-go design solutions ranging from 600 W to 3 kW which can help to simplify your PFC design. This is achieved by using ICERGi Digital Power control and drive technologies* with Silicon MOSFETs.

Our PFC stage benefits from a significant reduction in cost and size as compared to GaN / SiC based PFC designs.

The ICERGi Advantage

• Ready-to-go 600 W - 3 kW PFC demonstrator units
• Standard MOSFETs with multiple sourcing
• Automotive AEC-Q101 qualified MOSFETs ready
• Simplified design and faster route to market
• 4 x smaller inductor with 25% less power loss at 115Vac
• 99% peak efficiency
• Boosted low-line efficiency (typ +2.5%)
• Lower BOM cost

Applications in Telecom, Server, Medical & Industrial

• Front-end stage for AC/DC power supplies, battery chargers
• PFC stage for industrial air conditioners, fridges, and freezers

*Licenses to use ICERGi’s technologies are embedded in ICERGi’s control and driver silicon

To talk to us, please email ttrongvu@icergi.com, call +353 89 440 8383, or visit www.icergi.com and start evaluating ICERGi now!