Table of Contents
- Introduction 3
- Power Architecture Trends 4
- Centralized Control Architecture (CCA) 9
- Multi-Phase Architectures 12
- Centralized Control Multi-Phase 13
- PMBus™ and Digital Multi-Phase 14
- Other Technology Trends 16
- Graphical User Interface (GUI) 18
- Regenerative Power 19
- AdvancedTCA/MicroTCA 20
- Adaptive Control 22
- Digital Control Adoption 26
- Applications 26
- LED Lighting 29
- Efficiency 32
- Benefits to Adoption 33
- Pricing Trends 38
- Product Developments 43
- AC-DC Power Supplies 44
- DC-DC Converters 49
- Controller IC Trends 51
- State Machine 53
- Microcontroller (MCU)-Based 56
- System-on-Chip (SoC) 57
- Implications of Digital Power for the Supply Chain 59
- Current Significant Developments 61
- Threats to Adoption 62
- Standards Update 64
- PMBus™ 64
- Z-Alliance™ 65
- Other Standards 66
- Appendix: Regulations and Incentives Driving Digital Control of Lighting
68
- Figure 1 Classic Distributed Power Architecture 5
- Figure 2 Intermediate Bus Architecture 5
- Figure 3 Digital Power Management System 6
- Figure 4 Independent Digital Power Modules 7
- Figure 5 Separate Analog and Digital Modules 8
- Figure 6 Centralized Control Architecture 10
- Figure 7 CCA Power Block 11
- Figure 8 Centralized Control Multi-Phase Architecture 14
- Figure 9 Main PMBus™ Functions 15
- Figure 10 HyperPhase™ Architecture 17
- Figure 11 ATCA/μ TCA Dual-Slot Controllers 21
- Figure 12 MicroTCA Power Module 22
- Figure 13 Energy Efficiency Optimization 37
- Figure 14 Pricing Comparison for Analog and Digital Controller ICs 40
- Figure 15 Digital Power IC Price Projections to 2012 41
- Figure 16 Product Life Cycle Curve for Digital Power ICs 42
- Figure 17 AC-DC SMPS With PFC Hardware 46
- Figure 18 EFE Digital Power Series, AC-DC Power Supply 47
- Figure 19 Multi-Chip Module 50
- Figure 20 Digital Controller IC Functional Taxonomy 53
- Figure 21 DPWM Finite State Machine Block Diagram 54
- Figure 22 PowerPSoC Block Diagram 58
- Figure 23 Supply Chain Flows 60
|
Related Report
|