New Industry Products

Powerstax Offers 160W Power Supply With 92% Efficiency In 102 x 50mm Footprint

November 04, 2008 by Jeff Shepard

Powerstax plc announced the availability of the new A-01601 family of 160W, industry leading ultra-high power density single output power supplies. The low profile 1U x 102 x 50mm (4" x 2") footprint switchers provide 12.5W/inch³ with convection cooling and 20W/ inch³ fan cooled. Output options include 5, 12, 24 and 48V with 3.3 and 15V to be available in the near future. All models have a 12V auxiliary output for fan/standby purposes.

With up to 92% efficiency attainable, these power-factor corrected switching power supplies are suitable for ITE and some medical applications. Tim Worley, CEO of Powerstax plc, commented, "We are now very focused on providing the most efficient power conversion products available for our customers while maintaining our key strength of providing application specific solutions on short lead-times. Our UK based design team provides direct engineer to engineer communication with our customers ensuring accurate and timely product solutions."

The new Powerstax A-01601 series has a universal ac input and will run from 170-370Vdc and provides a 16mS Holdup Time. Auto recovery over voltage, over current, short circuit and over temperature protection is standard and operating temperature range is -20 to + 70°C with de-rating. For more than 100W output 200 LFM cooling is required. MTBF is >100000 Hours convection cooled and >300,000 hours with cooling. The A-01601 family has VDE, UL, c-UL for EN60950, IEC60950, UL/c-UL 60950 EN60601-1, IEC60601 and UL/c-UL 60601-1 safety standards and meets EMC standards including, conducted EMI EN55022 Class B, EN60601-1-2, EN55022 Class B, Voltage Fluctuation EN61000-3-3, ESD EN61000-4-2 8KV air-discharge, 6KV contact A and Radiated Field EN61000-4-3 3V/m, 80-2500MHz, 1kHz/2Hz 80% AM modulation.

Typical applications include telecoms, datacoms, industrial control, test and measurement and security systems.