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Celestica Collaborates with Cherokee on Footprint

March 01, 2004 by Jeff Shepard

Celestica Power Systems (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) and Cherokee International announced a collaboration to drive the standardization of a new sixteenth-brick, dc-dc converter footprint. Utilizing independent designs, Celestica and Cherokee will include a common form factor and pin out in their portfolio of dc-dc converters, as well as a functionally equivalent feature set.

The products, to be released later in 2004, will be approximately half the length of the existing eighth-brick form factor and smaller than any other product currently released as a sixteenth brick. Celestica's S-Class dc-dc converter and Cherokee's SB Series are both designed to meet a 1.11 in x 0.90 in x 0.354 in form factor. Expected to deliver up to 141 W/in³ as well as 25 A at 1.5 V, models will be available in PTH and SMT packages. In addition, the S-Class will offer an attachable heatsink option to meet system thermal needs.

"Our collaboration with Cherokee will help to address the compatibility and multiple sourcing issues that our customers face," said Celestica Power Systems Director of Business Development Kulbir Dhillon. "Our goal is to meet the evolving needs of our customers by introducing standardized footprints and packaging that delivers maximum flexibility and minimum supply chain risk."

Cherokee International Vice President of Marketing Mike Wagner added, "Our tier-one customers are looking for guidance and execution to product road maps that addresses their concerns for standardization while still maintaining leading-edge technology and cost effectiveness."