Akros’ Energy$ense™ Family Wins 2012 DesignVision Award

Akros’ Energy$ense™ Family Wins 2012 DesignVision AwardSUNNYVALE, Calif. – February 8, 2012

Akros Silicon Inc., a premier supplier of leading edge intelligent energy management ICs, today announced that its Energy$enseTM family of multi-output, digital DC/DC power management unit (DPMU) ICs has won the 2012 DesignVision Award in the “Semiconductor Components and ICs” category. The DesignCon technical committee, including 130 engineers and industry editors, evaluated products from hundreds of entries to choose the winners, who were recognized at an awards ceremony at DesignCon 2012 in Santa Clara, Calif.

The DesignVision Awards celebrate “the achievements of the most innovative electronics companies and the unique tools that support customer needs to improve and simplify the design process,” says Patrick Mannion, Content Director, EDN & EE Times Designlines, for UBM Electronics. “Selection criteria included: industry vision, solution originality, and quality of implementation. "The industry-esteemed DesignVision awards honor the achievements of the most innovative semiconductor companies, the most prominent visionaries, and the most successful design tools in the industry. Reaching a final decision was difficult given the many excellent products submitted deserving of these awards."

Akros Introduces New Energy$ense™ Family of Multi-Rail DC/DC DPMUs

New AS19xx high-efficiency Energy$enseTM digital PMUs with multi-rail DC/DC offer 94% peak efficiency and real-time power sensing and control for total energy management.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – June 29, 2011 – Akros Silicon Inc., a premier supplier of leading-edge intelligent energy management ICs, today announced the new Energy$enseTM family of multi-output, digital DC/DC power management unit (DPMU) ICs. Energy$ense technology features include real-time power measurements and power-subsystem health monitoring, high efficiency (94% peak) and ultra-low standby current (<10uA), digital power control (via I2C) for selectable power operating modes, fast transient-handling capability for implementing adaptive power profiles, built-in spread-spectrum clocking for EMI management, and built-in sophisticated PWM-dimming for battery-draining LED-backlight displays.

Akros Announces DC-DC Controllers product line at APEC 2011, targeting Consumer, Industrial & Telecom applications.

Akros Silicon Launches DC-DC Controllers with Gate Drive Signal Shaping to Reduce EMI and Increase Efficiency

 

Design flexibility, wide-input voltage range and integrated protection make AS12xx ideal for Consumer, Telecom and Industrial applications.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – March 9, 2011 – Akros Silicon Inc., a premier supplier of leading-edge intelligent energy management ICs, today announced four new energy-efficient devices for a wide range of high-power, single-input and single-output DC-DC controllers. The AS12xx series is configurable for flyback, forward, boost or buck power topologies used in both isolated and non-isolated converter designs. Capable of providing up to 100W, the AS12xx devices’ current-mode architecture provides a fast-loop response and very low “no load” power consumption. Wide input voltage range of 8.5V to 57V and high single-rail output current enable AS12xx devices to be used in a wide variety of consumer electronic equipment such as set-top boxes, LCD televisions, DVRs, printers, indoor WiFi access points as well as in industrial Ethernet, motor control applications, automotive power and telematics sub-systems.

Akros GreenEdge AS1854 Named “2009 Product of the Year” by Electronic Products Magazine

Product of the Year by Electronic Products MagazineThe AS1854 Garners Award for Innovative Advancement as the first Power System-on-a-Chip (SoC) Featuring Integrated 2kV Digital Isolation

Sunnyvale, Calif. – Jan. 14, 2010 – Akros Silicon, a leader in intelligent energy management semiconductor devices, today announced it was recognized with an Electronic Products’ Product of the Year award for its AS1854 Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) Powered-Device System-on-a-Chip (PD SoC) product.

The editors of Electronic Products—a leading trade publication for electronic design engineers—evaluated thousands of products launched in 2009. The winning products are selected on the basis of innovative design, significant advancement in technology or application and substantial achievement in price and performance. The AS1854 broke new ground with an innovative SoC solution that includes GreenEdge™ high-voltage digital isolation technology, smart power management features and quad DC-DC power outputs; enabling intelligent, highly efficient, cost-effective solutions for PoE PD platforms. (see full press release)

Power System Requirements for Energy Efficiency

Submitted by akrosadmin on Tue, 2010-04-27 16:02

Today a significant amount of energy is wasted in power conversions, as we consume it. The conversion of power from one voltage to another has inherent efficiencies of conversion resulting in wasted energy. The higher the efficiency, the less wasted power. Significant energy savings can be achieved by not only having high efficiencies at full loads, but also by maintaining high efficiencies at light loads with low standby power and ON/OFF power controls via remote networked managed systems.

Today power supplies consists of discrete PWM controllers and regulator, creating a “bag of chips” for a multi-rail power supply as seen below, with multiple conversion stages and varying efficiencies.

The Need for Energy Conservation

Submitted by nick on Wed, 2010-02-24 01:00

Today a significant amount of energy is wasted in power conversions. Conversion of power from one voltage to another, while a necessity in power distribution and usage, has inherent conversion losses resulting in wasted energy. Higher conversion efficiency results in lower amount of wasted power, and this affect is multiplied if several conversions are used to create a required voltage. Significant energy savings can be achieved by not only having high efficiencies at full loads, but also by maintaining high efficiencies at light loads, low standby power and adaptive power controls via remote networked managed systems

The list of electrical appliances we use in our everyday life continues to grow: IP Phones, IP Cameras, Settop/DSL modems, HVAC heating and cooling systems, TVs, Washers & Dryers, Lighting etc. A lot of these appliances operate for a significant amount of time at light load power, between 20-50% of full load. With Digital Power Control techniques, it is now possible to adapt switching nature of power converters to optimize light load efficiency. This can be done locally by monitoring loading conditions or by remote network commands based on network policies.

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