Date: 06/07/2010

Online design tool from IR for electrical and thermal simulation of its Power ICs

International Rectifier made available an online design tool that enables electrical and thermal simulation and design optimization for the SupIRBuck family of integrated point-of-load voltage regulators.

This tool enables the rapid selection and simulation of selected SupIRBuck products. It is based on a designer's given input and output parameters. The SupIRBuck online tool selects suitable devices for a given application. Once basic requirements are entered, the tool allows the user to capture schematics, create a reference design along with associated Bill of Materials (BOM), view waveforms, and perform complex thermal and application analysis quickly to improve development time.

"In addition to continuously improving and expanding the SupIRBuck product line in accordance and ahead of market trends and customer needs, we are committed to providing best-in-class design support to our rapidly expanding customer base. The launch of the new online design tool will further establish SupIRBuck as the primary choice for performance, size and cost optimized power management designs for a broad range of embedded POL applications," said Goran Stojcic, executive director, POL group, IR's Enterprise Power Business Unit.

Some of the features of the tool are:
1. It is designed and engineered to assist a variety of designers, from power experts to digital specialists with limited exposure to analog design.
2. Consists of initial load currents up to 12A, up to 21V input voltage and output voltages as low as 0.7V
3. They are supported by standard and customizable demo kits, reference designs, datasheets, and electrical, mechanical and application notes.
4. The featured devices are also supported by readily available samples and some of the shortest lead times in the industry.