Press Material: Archive 2003

Technological breakthroughs and sales success mark power modules company's 20th anniversary

Representing a period of many important milestones and technological breakthroughs, Ericsson Power Modules has celebrated it 20th anniversary as a leading manufacturer of DC/DC modules.  With its focus on the communications market, the company designs, manufactures and markets products for advanced applications such as radio base stations and switches/routers.

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Total technical solutions concept is key to pan-European power modules distribution agreement

In a move that extends its US and Asian agreements, Ericsson Power Modules has appointed Unique Memec as its pan-European distributor.  Ericsson already has an excellent working relationship with this specialist distributor and it is seen as a natural step to appoint Unique Memec to work with the company in Europe.

DC/DC modules meet new higher current demands of distributed architectures

Designed to respond to the new high-current demand in distributed power architectures, Ericsson Power Modules has announced the PKM-4000C family of DC/DC modules. The first of these, the PKM4118GC PINB utilizes a new, enhanced footprint called ‘Double-P’ to improve thermal behavior. 

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Increased manufacturing capability provides greater accessibility and capacity for DC/DC modules

Affirming its commitment to customers, Ericsson Power Modules has consolidated its manufacturing capability, simultaneously increasing production at two major sites.  The move gives the company first class production facilities and the ability to manufacture its products locally in geographical areas where they are required by OEMs and CEMs. 

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DC/DC modules uses latest 'industry footprint' for improved reliability in quarter brick format

Ericsson Power Modules has announced the PKM-C family of DC/DC modules designed to respond to the new high-current demand in distributed power architectures.  Complying with the de-facto, quarter brick standard, the first module in the family, PKM4118GC PINB utilizes a new, enhanced footprint called ‘Double-P’ to improve thermal behavior. 

Distributed power architecture POL devices minimize total cost of ownership

Ericsson Power Modules is upgrading its PKD series of lead-free DC/DC converters for lead-free assembly processes. The first of the new converters, the PKD 4510 ASI, is available now, and has an input voltage range of 36-75V and delivers up to 15A at 3.3V. It offers a power increase of 88% over its predecessor in the same package and at a competitive price.

New seperate company for DC/DC power modules activities

Following the recent acquisition of Ericsson Microelectronics by Infineon Technologies AG, Germany, the company’s DC/DC power modules activities has been established as a separate company, Ericsson Power Modules.