Astec signs for convertor technology

Tyco Electronics Power Systems has licensed Astec Power to use its patented technology in eighth-brick and sixteenth-brick families of power modules.

Tyco Electronics Power Systems has entered into a royalty-based technology licensing agreement with Astec Power that will allow Astec Power and its affiliates to use patented Tyco Power Systems technology in their current designs for their isolated convertor eighth-brick and sixteenth-brick families of power modules.

This agreement, which currently extends for the life of the patents, will benefit customers by allowing them to receive Astec's power modules supported by patented technology from Tyco Power Systems.

This valuable technology (US Pat Re 36571 and a number of related patents) is designed to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of self-synchronised rectifiers for application to clamped-mode power convertors.

Previously, efficiency had been limited because of the nature of switching boost convertors and the variability of the transformer reset voltages in the forward type convertors.

By introducing a hybrid rectifier with a MOSFET rectifying device, Tyco Power Systems enhanced the efficiency of the rectifier, thereby increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the manufactured power convertors.

"We are pleased that Tyco Power Systems' technology will be used in Astec products", stated Roger Stonecipher, Vice President, Tyco Electronics Power Systems.

"We are continuously trying to strengthen our position in the marketplace with technology and innovations that will benefit our customers".

"This agreement allows us to maintain the outstanding level of product availability and support that our customers rely on", added Pam Jackson, Vice President and General Manager of DC/DC Business for Astec Power.

"We are pleased to have reached an agreement with Tyco Electronics Power Systems".

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