Product category: Power Supply ICs and Controllers
News Release from: Maxim Integrated Products | Subject: MAX8640Y and MAX8640Z
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 11 January 2007
Step-down convertors shrink to SC70
packages
The MAX8640Y and MAX8640Z are billed as the industry's smallest 500mA, high-efficiency step-down DC/DC convertors in tiny SC70 packages.
Maxim Integrated Products has released the MAX8640Y and MAX8640Z, the industry's smallest 500mA, high-efficiency step-down DC/DC convertors in tiny SC70 packages These devices are ideal for applications where small size, high efficiency, and low output ripple are priorities
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 27 Aug 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The high integration of the MAX8640Y and MAX8640Z enables the industry's smallest total solution size - 13.4mm2 compared with the conventional 35mm2 of SOT23 solutions.
These devices integrate a synchronous rectifier, which eliminates the need for an external diode and improves efficiency, especially at low output voltages.
The devices also feature low output ripple at all loads, ultrafast line- and load-transient response, and fast internal soft-start, which eliminates in rush current.
The MAX8640Y and MAX8640Z are available in 2 x 2.1mm SC70 and 1 x 1.5mm microDFN packages.
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