DC to DC Power Supplies (Converters)
Boost Regulator delivers more than 34 V and 90% efficiency.
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DC/DC Boost Converter, Model MIC2296 allows for more than 1.2 A of switch current and can step up input voltages from 2.5-10 V to generate output voltage up to 34 V. It offers output over-voltage protection, less than 1% line and load regulation, and 1 µA shutdown current. Housed in 2 x 2 mm leadless package, chip is suited for driving OLEDs, TFT-LCD displays, and WLED camera flashes.
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Micrel Launches New, Highly Efficient 1.2A Boost Regulator
High-Power Density 1.2A Boost Regulator Delivers More Than 34V And Up To 90 Percent Efficiency
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 2 -- Micrel Inc. (NASDAQ:MCRL), an industry leader in analog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet IC solutions, today launched the MIC2296, a new highly efficient DC/DC boost converter. The chip provides up to 34V, allows for more than 1.2A of switch current and delivers an impressive high-power density in a tiny packaging option. The solution is ideal for driving OLEDs, TFT-LCD displays and WLED camera flashes and is especially suited for today's demanding portable consumer electronics applications. The MIC2296 is currently available in volume with pricing starts at $1.31 for 1K quantity.
"Boost applications for portable consumer electronics continue to require additional power density and efficiency," noted Ralf Muenster, Micrel's Director of Marketing for Power Products. "The MIC2296 offers a high-power density solution, which, at the same time, has been optimized to deliver improved efficiency in one of the industry's smallest form factor packages, a tiny 2mm x 2mm leadless MLF(TM)."
The MIC2296 is a high-power density boost regulator for use in a wide variety of electronic applications. It can step up input voltages from 2.5V to 10V, to generate an output voltage up to 34V. The MIC2296 provides 5 percent more efficiency than its sister 1.2MHz version, the MIC2295. The IC features a proprietary internal compensation technique that allows the output capacitor to shrink by more than 50 percent. It also offers output over voltage protection, less than one percent line and load regulation, 1uA shutdown current and excellent transient response.
About Micrel, Inc.
Micrel Inc., is a leading global manufacturer of IC solutions for the worldwide analog, Ethernet and high bandwidth markets. The Company's products include advanced mixed-signal, analog and power semiconductors; high performance communication, clock management, Ethernet switch and physical layer transceiver ICs. Company customers include leading manufacturers of enterprise, consumer, industrial, mobile, telecommunications, automotive, and computer products. Corporation headquarters and state-of-the-art wafer fabrication facilities located in San Jose, CA with regional sales and support offices and advanced technology design centers situated throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. In addition, the Company maintains an extensive network of distributors and reps worldwide. Web: http://www.micrel.com/.
