Abstract
This report details the rapidly emerging opportunities for digital power
electronics and will highlight the early successes as well as the continuing
challenges facing this important new market. The migration of digital power
management technologies into power conversion is being called "disruptive,"
akin to the shift from linear to switch-mode power supply design. Dramatic
shifts in technology such as this are often accompanied by changes in industry
leadership. Today's leading suppliers cannot ignore their sizable sales base
of existing non-digital products. But emerging competitors are not limited in
the same way and may be able to establish early leadership positions in the
new technology. This new report will quantify the anticipated adoption of
digital techniques by both power converter makers and OEM system designers.