Silicon Laboratories Introduces Point of Load Reference Design for Digital Power Applications; Complete Solution Eases Digital Power Design.AUSTIN, Texas -- Silicon Laboratories Inc. (Nasdaq:SLAB), a leader in high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs, today announced a single-phase point of load (POL) reference design enabling engineers to easily and quickly implement digitally-controlled POLs for many end applications including servers, telecom, datacomm and storage systems, medical equipment and aeronautical aer·o·nau·tic also aer·o·nau·ti·cal adj. Of or relating to aeronautics. aer  o·nau systems. This reference design is a 20 A POL suitable for packaging as a stand-alone power supply module or can be implemented directly on the end application circuit board by the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and . Included in the POL reference design is a pre-configured software kernel that features active dynamic dead time control for maximum operating efficiency, non-linear control Non-linear control is a sub-division of control engineering which deals with the control of non-linear systems. The behaviour of a non-linear system cannot be described as a linear function of the state of that system or the input variables to that system. response for fast transient response In electrical engineering and Mechanical Engineering, a transient response or natural response is the response of a system to a change from equilibrium. Specifically, transient response in Mechanical Engineering is the portion of the response that approaches zero after a , and SMBus port capable of supporting industry-standard communication protocols. The reference design kit is shipped with a complete development tool suite enabling users to modify the POL application code as desired. This tool suite consists of a powerful GUI-based application builder that initializes the switch timing, loop compensation filter and processor set-up without writing application software. Also included is an Integrated Development Environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment (IDE) that contains an editor, macro assembler An assembly language that allows macros to be defined and used. , demo C compiler and a special online debugger which allows for manual inspection and adjustment of system parameters during power supply operation. The POL reference design kit includes full schematics and layout (Gerber) files that facilitate fast time to market and greatly reduce design time and effort. The total area occupied by the POL is only 615 mm2 and delivers a maximum of 20 A for a complete 20 A/100 W power converter. The POL reference design utilizes a 4-layer PCB PCB: see polychlorinated biphenyl. PCB in full polychlorinated biphenyl Any of a class of highly stable organic compounds prepared by the reaction of chlorine with biphenyl, a two-ring compound. and is available with all necessary connectors and switches for complete evaluation of the product. Also included in the POL is a USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. debug To correct a problem in hardware or software. Debugging software means locating the errors in the source code (the program logic). Debugging hardware means finding errors in the circuit design (logical circuits) or in the physical interconnections of the circuits. adapter, USB to SMBus communications adapter, USB cable and 2 Ohm load resistor. The only external hardware required to evaluate the kit is an external input power supply. Pricing and Availability The POL reference design is based on the Si8252 digital power controller in a 32-pin QFP (Quad FlatPack) A square, surface mount chip package that has leads on all four sides and comes in several varieties. PQFP (Plastic QFP) may refer to all of the following QFP types. All quad flatpacks use gull-wing leads, except for the CQFP, which stick straight out. package. The POL reference design, part number SINGLEPHSPOL-RD, is now available for $149. Silicon Laboratories Inc. Silicon Laboratories Inc. is a leading designer of high-performance, analog-intensive mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) for a broad range of applications. Silicon Laboratories' diverse portfolio of highly integrated, patented solutions is developed by a world-class engineering team with decades of cumulative expertise in cutting-edge mixed-signal design. The company has design, engineering, marketing, sales and applications offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. For more information about Silicon Laboratories please visit www.silabs.com. Cautionary Language This press release may contain forward-looking statements based on Silicon Laboratories' current expectations. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. For a discussion of factors that could impact Silicon Laboratories' financial results and cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, please refer to Silicon Laboratories' filings with the SEC. 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