Product category: Power Supply ICs and Controllers
News Release from: Intersil | Subject: ISL6217A
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 28 January 2005
Precision voltage regulation for Centrino boards
A high performance, multiphase CPU core controller with integrated half-bridge gate drivers provides a precision voltage regulation system for advanced Intel Centrino platforms in notebook computers.
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The ISL6217A is a high performance, multiphase CPU core controller, with integrated half-bridge gate drivers, that provides a precision voltage regulation system for advanced Intel Centrino platforms in notebook computers. The ISL6217A is claimed to offer Intersil's customers a new level of flexibility for high current CPU core power needs. With integrated drivers, the ISL6217A requires less board area than external gate drive solutions, reduces overall component count, and thus offers a lower BOM cost.
The ISL6217A offers world-class efficiency and seamless integration with Intersils entire multiphase controller lineup.
The new controller can be configured to be pin-for-pin compatible with Intersils ISL6218 single-phase controller with minimal component value changes.
The ISL6217A provides support for single or dual phase designs that include a 6bit digital-to-analogue convertor (DAC) that dynamically adjusts the core PWM output voltage from 0.700 to 1.708V in 16mV steps and conforms to the Intel mobile VID specification.
The ISL6217A also provides support logic inputs to select active, deep sleep and deeper sleep modes of operation.
A precision reference, remote sensing and proprietary architecture, with integrated processor-mode compensated droop, provide excellent static and dynamic core voltage regulation.
These features offer flexible designs for users providing core power solutions for all Intel Centrino platforms.
The ISL6217A is available now in a 38-pin TSSOP in standard lead finish or Pb-free.
The suggested price in 10,000 unit quantities is $3.50 for each IC.
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