Spansion Inc. today announced its first automotive-grade, six-channel power management IC for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). This highly-efficient, multi-rail power management solution features solid control pins for each rail, precise voltage integrity monitors and a windowed watchdog timer to lower the system heat, complexity and solution cost for an ADAS implementation. The product family also supports the automotive safety integrity level-B (ASIL-B) and is available for sampling now.
“This new product family expands our portfolio in automotive power supply products into the system level,” said Kiyoe Nagaya, vice president of analog marketing at Spansion. “Spansion has a rich history in providing flash memory and MCU products for ADAS and we are proud to now count power as our newest offering. This product was developed in conjunction with one of Spansion’s key automotive customers.”
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Spansion S6BP401A key features: 6-channel PMIC: 4-channel dc-dc converter (factory preset output voltage), 2-channel LDO (factory preset output voltage), and phase compensation circuits for each channel are integrated into a 6x6mm single QFN40 plastic package. S6BP401A supplies all power rails for ADAS reducing PCB area and BOM. Functional safety: S6BP401A equips individual pins to control each channel. It also equips these pins to control their own output voltage integrity for each channel. The pins and a built-in watchdog timer help the users to build a functionally safe system that is as safe as ASIL-B. In addition, S6BP401A includes multiple safeguard features. Electric current provision capacity: S6BP401A is capable of supplying the high current required to support a high-powered SoC and DDR memory built into ADAS (maximum: 3A/channel). The Spansion S6BP401A multi-channel PMIC for ADAS is currently sampling in a 40-pin QFN package. The sample price is $13/unit.
source: http://www.powerpulse.net/story.php?storyID=31642
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