Vishay Offers Plug-In Versions of FunctionPAK Family

Vishay Intertechnology Inc. (Malvern, PA) announced that it is offering plug-in versions of all devices in its FunctionPAK® family of fully integrated, dc-dc converters. The new plug-in models are complete programmable-topology synchronized buck or boost converters that provide design flexibility for the rapidly changing electronics market.

Like other FunctionPAK converters, the new plug-in versions allow designers to power a wide variety of loads, including FPGAs, power amplifiers, microcontrollers or baseband logic ICs. The FunctionPAK plug-in module has a 0.1 in grid pin configuration for soldering directly into the circuit board, but each FunctionPAK comes with a standard socket for the added flexibility of switching different modules in and out of the circuit.

Prototyping quantities of the new FX5545G PI plug-in series are available now, with lead times of eight weeks for production stock. Pricing for US delivery only in 10-piece quantities is $15 per piece. Samples of modules already mounted on demo boards for initial evaluation are still available upon request.