Date: 10/05/2012

Low power point of load solution design kit offered by Exar and Wurth

Exar Corporation and Wurth Elektronik have announced a low power point of load solution design kit featuring a complete range of synchronous low voltage single and dual channel step down converters. The kit provides system architects the opportunity to quickly test the step down converters and lowest profile inductors for applications such as audio-video equipment, portable and non portable instrumentation and, any low power point of loads.

This design kit provides single and dual-channel point of load solutions through a choice of four integrated synchronous step down converters. System architects can optimize their design with a variety of inductors from Wurth which is also included in the design kit. The selection of inductor offers various typical values and profiles, including the latest lowest profile options, to tailor the power conversion stage for performance and ultra compact designs.

The kit includes Exar's SP6669, XRP6658, XRP6668 and XRP6657 evaluation boards to deliver 600mA to 1.5A per channel. They supporting 2.5V to 5.5V input voltage range. The XRP6658 and XRP6668 implements a pulse frequency modulation (PFM) mode for improved light load efficiencies.

The design kit 'XRPWRKIT-LWP-1' is priced at $99 and is now available.