New Industry Products

SynQor Introduces the PowerQor Tera Series DC/DC Converters

April 30, 2000 by Jeff Shepard

SynQor Inc. (Hudson, MA) has introduced its new PowerQor Tera Series of industry-standard half-brick-sized isolated dc/dc converters. The Tera Series of dc/dc converters is targeted towards the converging telecom and datacom markets that are supplying the hardware needed to support the explosive growth of the Internet.

The Tera Series of converters uses synchronous rectification and a patented topology to achieve extremely high efficiency and high current (86 percent for 2.5Vout at 60A). The Tera units provide full-brick output current in a half-brick package while dissipating only half the heat. The full-feature model additionally provides active current sharing for parallel operation, temperature monitoring signals, an external clock and start-up synchronization capability, and a supply voltage for driving an ORing MOSFET.

High-end optical networking MUXs, backbone switches and Terabit routers are just some products that require higher currents at increasingly lower voltages to power today's complex electronic circuitry. SynQor is meeting these challenges by increasing efficiency and power density while reducing converter size and eliminating the need for a heatsink. The PowerQor Tera converters are ideal for these types of OEM designs using distributed-power architectures. SynQor's original PowerQor units deliver 30A without a baseplate or heatsink. Design improvements allowed SynQor to increase that output to 40A. PowerQor Tera converters can be used to replace existing full bricks or to provide more available power under severe thermal environments. SynQor offers both a standard and full-featured version.

The series is available direct from SynQor and through their network of distributors. The standard Tera half-brick modules are priced at $138.70 in 1,000-unit quantities, and the full-featured units are priced at $149.79 in 1,000-unit quantities.