The ZL2105 is the industry’s only single-chip 3-A power conversion solution that integrates full digital power management capabilities. The IC combines a synchronous step-down converter, including synchronous power MOSFETs, with key power management functionality in a tiny 6 mm × 6 mm package. A ZL2105 circuit with full digital power management capabilities requires less than two square centimeters of board space, representing size and component count reductions of up to 50%. Like all Digital-DC ICs, the ZL2105 is designed to be a digital building block that can be seamlessly combined with other Digital-DC devices to provide a comprehensive solution for board-mounted power management and conversion.

The Digital-DC products are fully configurable with simple pin-strap connections, resistor selection, or via the device’s on-board serial port using the industry-standard PMBus command set. The single-chip Digital-DC products provide the configurability, control, and monitoring capabilities of digital power technology without compromising efficiency. Additionally, they eliminate the requirement for user programming. To combine multiple Digital-DC ICs in a given application, the designer simply configures each IC via pin-strap selection and connects the SMBus of each device. The devices then communicate with each other via the bus and can operate independent of a host controller. The devices can be monitored and controlled individually or as a system.

The ZL2105 is available in a 36-lead QFN package. Pricing starts at $2.80 in quantities of 1,000. An evaluation kit, the ZL2105EV1, is also available.

Zilker Labs, Inc.
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