Freescale introduces application-optimized power management IC family for increased system efficiency
Today’s sophisticated and increasingly multiprocessing applications processors deliver new levels of performance, sparking exciting new end-products, but challenging systems designers responsible for driving power envelopes even smaller for slimmer end-product form factors and longer battery life. Freescale’s new PF Series of PMICs are designed to help systems designers and OEMs quickly and easily configure the most power-efficient solutions for their specific application based on Freescale’s advanced i.MX 6 product family. The optimal configurability of PF Series products allows the PMICs to scale across single-, dual- and quad-core i.MX 6 offerings.
Products in the PF Series will support Freescale’s broad i.MX 6 family of SoCs, which integrate multiple power management functions previously handled by discrete PMICs. This allows Freescale’s new PF Series products to in turn incorporate more system-level power management functionality, ultimately resulting in a platform solution that simplifies design, reduces overall power and helps speed time to market. Ease-of-use is further enhanced by the availability of comprehensive reference designs that ship on boards with i.MX 6 processors, application-specific PMICs and software that ties the components together seamlessly.
“Freescale’s next-generation PF Series provides customers with optimal system- level power management for what we call comprehensive Power Fusion,” said Michael Jennings, power management operations manager for Freescale’s Automotive & Industrial Solutions Group. “Our next-generation PF Series reference designs seamlessly blend our latest i.MX 6 processors and configurable PMICs with software and support to give customers a reliable, simplified and accelerated development experience.”
Built for reliability and longevity, PF Series PMICs also offer optimal flexibility, allowing for application-specific power management. The PMICs are programmable, enabling systems designers to deliver voltage levels to the precise requirements of a specific end-product. Additionally, PF Series products are highly configurable. Incorporating one time programmable (OTP) memory allows for the precise partitioning and assignment of power rails to specific cores or other processing technologies.
Freescale has a history of processing leadership in embedded and automotive markets, where extreme environmental conditions drive stringent reliability requirements. Tapping into this expertise, Freescale provides its customers with highly reliable next-generation PMICs designed for the long haul.
PF0100 PMIC devices
Freescale plans to release two versions of its initial PF Series of PMICs: an automotive-grade PF0100 device, and a separate PF0100 version designed for consumer and industrial markets with an operating temperature range of -40 C to +85 C. Both versions configure to support multiple connectivity peripherals, are user programmable with OTP memory, and are housed in QFN packaging with single-row 0.5 mm pitch for cost-effective production. They feature fully programmable startup timing and sequence capabilities. Freescale plans to introduce additional PF Series devices for consumer and other markets in the months ahead.
A demonstration of the PF0100 PMIC is planned at the Embedded World conference in Nuremburg, Hall 4A, Booth # 309.
Availability
Volume production for the PF0100 PMIC is expected in mid-2012.
For more information on Freescale’s PF Series, visit http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/overview.jsp?code=PMIC_IMX, and for information regarding i.MX 6 processors, please visit http://www.freescale.com/imx6series.
Website: http://www.freescale.com
Contact
Minkyong Kal
Marketing communications
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
+82-2-3440-7205
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2012년 3월 16일 10:27
