Product Highlights
• Up to 50% volume reduction of input bulk capacitors (E-CAPs)
• Eliminates inrush NTC
• Significantly reduces i2t stress on the input bridge rectifier and fuse
• Partners with the InnoSwitch™ IC family for lowest component count
ultra-compact AC/DC converters
• Robust 750 V PowiGaN switch
Advanced Protection / Safety Features
• Integrated temperature sensing and hysteretic thermal shutdown
• Input surge protection
• Pin open/short-circuit and E-CAP UV/OV fault reporting
Applications
• High power density universal input AC-DC converters
• Applications with very wide input range (90 – 350+ VAC)
Description
The MinE-CAP™ IC dramatically shrinks the size of input bulk capacitors
without compromising output ripple, operating efficiency or requiring
redesign of the transformer. When compared to traditional techniques
such as very high switching frequency operation, MinE-CAP achieves
the same or greater overall power supply size reduction whilst avoiding
the challenges of complex EMI filtering and the increased transformer/
clamp dissipation associated with very high frequency designs.