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News: Press Release: July 14, 2007
iWatt and ICE Components Enter Agreement to Promote Patented IKOR® Coupled Inductor Technology
The companies will work together to bring power delivery solutions to customers desiring high efficiency, low component count and small size
June 18, 2007 – Los Gatos, CA – iWatt, Inc., a leader in digital power conversion IC technology and ICE Components, Inc., a supplier of innovative, cost effective magnetic solutions to the global electronics market, announced that they will be working together to bring high-efficiency coupled inductor solutions to high performance computing and office automation applications. The combination of iWatt’s propriety coupled inductor technology and ICE’s inductor design expertise and high volume manufacturing capability will provide high-performance power solutions that save space, reduce cost and maximize efficiency while still meeting tough CPU voltage regulation requirements.
“IKOR Coupled inductor technology promises to bring the next level of cost and space savings to voltage regulators for CPU and other high-performance point-of-load applications” said Doyle Slack, Vice-President of Marketing at iWatt. “We are very pleased with the work ICE is doing to help us bring this technology to market.”
“ICE is very excited to add the Ikor licensed technology to our inductor product offering.” said George Stokes, President of ICE. “Our new ICL product line will further solidify our already strong position in the CPU inductor market by providing our customers with another innovative solution for their VR applications.”
As part of the agreement, iWatt and ICE will work together on reference designs and provide design-in support to customers for their high-performance VR designs. ICE will sell inductors to customers worldwide. The purchase of these inductors will grant end-users a per-use license to use the patented IKOR technology in their end products.
About Coupled Inductor Technology
The IKOR coupled inductor technology solves the most pressing problems facing low voltage, high current VRM and VRD designs by removing the first order limit on output inductance. IKOR coupled inductor technology makes it possible to radically reduce VRM output inductance without increasing switching frequency. Operating at this lower frequency keeps efficiency high while still allowing for the use of a small amount of MLCC-only output capacitance. This eliminates the need for expensive and unreliable bulk electrolytic capacitors. Another feature of this technology is that it is equivalent in transient response performance to higher frequency solutions due to the coupling between phases.
In summary, the key features of IKOR coupled inductor technology are:
- Significant reduction of output capacitor size / cost
- Simultaneously delivers:
- High efficiency
- Elimination of bulk electrolytic and POS-Caps
- Fast transient response (due to low output inductance)
- Each phase controls full output current
- Symmetrical transient response for up & down current step
About iWatt, Inc.
iWatt, Inc. is a leading provider of innovative power management and conversion solutions, providing both semiconductor and power system products for the computer, communication, consumer and industrial market segments. The company's patented digital control and power system architecture expertise raises the bar in power supply price/performance metrics. iWatt is currently working with market leaders in the computing, telecom, networking, flat panel display and portable device markets to develop high density, high value AC-DC and DC-DC power supplies. iWatt is based in Silicon Valley with headquarters in Los Gatos, CA and offices in Fort Collins, CO; Taipei, Taiwan; Shenzhen, China; and Hong Kong.
About ICE Components, Inc.
ICE is a supplier of magnetic components for the advanced power electronics market. By providing innovative design solutions, best in class engineering support and uncompromising quality ICE delivers on our promise of “Helping to Engineer the Technology of Power.” ICE is headquartered in Atlanta, GA with offices in Taipei, Taiwan and Shenzhen, China.
iWatt, the iWatt light bulb, and IKOR are registered trademarks of iWatt, Inc.
Press Contact
George Stokes
President
ICE Components, Inc
(800) 729-2099
gstokes@icecomp.com
Doyle L. Slack
Director, Corporate Marketing
408-385-1947
dslack@iwatt.com
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