Description
Priority 2 activities will only be initiated on the explicit request ofat least one delegation.
Objective: To develop a simple and very low cost circuit to control a micro-Point Of Load (POL) based DC/DC converter.
Targeted Improvements:
- low cost design ï Efficiency is estimated to be higher than 95%, mass lower than 30 grs
Description:
As the number of ASICs, FPGAs and complex electronic components is increasing, the need for secondary voltage generation and distribution has been identified.
A mico POL converter could be used to generate low voltages for those applications. For the supply of digital electronics, there is a general trend to implement distributed power architectures (Point of Load conversion) where the power conversion is performed in a two-step approach: a first converter converts the input source voltage to an intermediate low voltage, and small, miniaturized converters are then used in cascade to provide individual loads with very low regulated voltages according to the digital power needs (FPGAs, memories, processors, etc).
The work logic proposed is the following: .Specification including trade off .EM design (critical functions), manufacture, and testing.
Procurement Policy: C(1) = Activity restricted to non-prime contractors (incl. SMEs). For additional information please go to EMITS news "Industrial Policy measures for non-primes, SMEs and R&D entities in ESA programmes".