Date: 18/05/2010

IC to monitor voltage and current in power inverters

Austriamicrosystems has introduced the AS8002, a device for voltage and current monitoring in power inverters. It is a single chip design targeting grid-connected systems such as solar photovoltaic inverters. This chip allows the use of low cost resistors for high resolution digital format. Its flexible front-end provides adjustable gain to external component inaccuracies and variations over temperature. It also features fast over-current detection providing additional safety. AS8002 is also suitable for power management applications such as wind turbines and Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS).

"For economic, safety and regulatory reasons, electrical energy injected to a power grid must be accurately monitored" said Michael Leitner, director marketing business unit industry and medical at austriamicrosystems. "As the need for grid monitoring continues to grow, the AS8002 will replace a number of solutions that suffer from higher cost, lower accuracy or poorer performance."


Package: 4x4 mm QFN-16

Price: price of US$5.31 for quantities of 1k.

Availability: Now


To know more visit: www.austriamicrosystems.com/AS8002