Seven Reasons why Power Designers Should Implement 48 V to 1 V Direct Conversion
Conference: PCIM Europe 2017 - International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management
05/16/2017 - 05/18/2017 at Nürnberg, Deutschland
Proceedings: PCIM Europe 2017
Pages: 2Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Cantrell, Bob (Ericsson Power Modules, USA)
Haegerdal, Martin (Ericsson Power Modules, Sweden)
Abstract:
Conventional data centre distributed power architectures include an intermediate conversion stage which converts the nominal 48 V input to a regulated 12 V bus that is distributed to downstream 12 V-input converters positioned close to the point of load. Attention is turning once again to the strengths of a single-stage conversion from regulated 48 V down to voltages as low as 1V to supply loads such as CPU cores and DRAM chips. Such conversion can be achieved efficiently and cost-effectively thanks to the latest power MOSFETs and control techniques.