The Architects of Modern Power® (AMP Group) consortium today announced an additional standard aimed at establishing common mechanical and electrical specifications for the development of advanced power conversion technology for distributed power systems. The 'gigaAMP™' standard, introduced to provide a higher current option in a land-grid array (LGA) footprint, builds on the previously-released 'picoAMP™' standard, published in September 2015, which defined standards for a lower range of non-isolated platforms ranging from 6A to 18A. The 60A 'gigaAMP' standard defines a compact footprint of 25.1 x 14.1 mm in an LGA format.
The new ‘gigaAMP’ standard also adds to the previously released ‘teraAMP™’ standard for non-isolated digital point-of-load (PoL) dc-dc converters, released in February 2015, and the ‘microAMP™’ and ‘megaAMP™’ standards released during electronica in November 2014. The first products to meet with this new ‘gigaAMP’ standard will be announced by AMP Group® members later in the year.
“The ‘gigaAMP’ standard is a continuation of the AMP Group’s efforts to establish industry standards that cover every aspect of board-level digital power technology,†stated Martin Hägerdal, President of Ericsson Power Modules.
“And the addition of this new standard at 60A helps to further address the growing demands on performance, complexity and flexibility in intelligent power supply infrastructures,†added Steve Pimpis, President & CEO of Murata Power Solutions.
