Digital Power Electronics: Worldwide Forecasts, Third Edition

Topics covered include:

• Market Drivers for Digital Power Management and Control
• Market Share, Market Penetration Rates, and Product Life Cycle
• Worldwide Application Forecasts
• Worldwide Power Supply Forecasts for External AC-DC, Embedded AC-DC, DC-DC Modules, Embedded DC-DC, Telecom Rectifiers and External DC-DC, Lighting Ballasts, and Inverters
• Worldwide Digital IC Forecasts for Controller ICs, Converter Management ICs, and System Management ICs
• Implications of Digital Power for DC-DC Modules
• Price Parity for Digital Power ICs

The digital power landscape is undergoing rapid change. Adaptive controllers, parameter estimation and sophisticated control algorithms have become much more economically reasonable to implement in a variety of systems. But there is still a ""perceived expense"" of going digital, compared to using similar bandwidth analog components.

Although digital solutions are still primarily being used in high-performance applications, the pervasive emphasis on energy efficiency is pushing digital from high-end-only into the mainstream. Digital control is now implemented in just about all application segments, from catalog power supplies to power supplies used in medical, solid-state lighting and consumer devices. In some applications, digital penetration is already exceeding 50%.

With this broader implementation, along with expanded digital IC functionality, digital power management and control is entering a long-awaited ""mainstream adoption"" period. The next ten years will see increased use of digital control, as applications demand power functions for which digital is particularly suited.

• Companies mentioned
  • Akros Silicon
  • Analog Devices
  • Cambridge Semiconductor
  • CHiL Semiconductor
  • Cypress Semiconductor
  • Dell
  • Digital Power
  • Eltek-Valere
  • Ericsson Power Modules
  • Fraunhofer Institute
  • Green Plug
  • IBM
  • Infineon/Primarion
  • Intel
  • Intersil/Zilker Labs
  • iWatt
  • Linear Technology
  • Maxim
  • Mouser Electronics
  • National Science Council, Taiwan
  • National Semiconductor
  • PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group
  • Power-One
  • Powervation
  • Silicon Labs
  • Summit Microelectronics
  • SynQor
  • Texas Instruments
  • Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
  • Vicor