Akros Reports DesignVision Award

Akros Silicon, a supplier of intelligent energy management ICs, announced that its Energy$ense family of multi-output, digital DC/ DC power management unit ICs has won the 2012 DesignVision Award in the Semiconductor Components and ICs category.

In a release, the Company noted the DesignCon technical committee, including 130 engineers and industry editors, evaluated products from hundreds of entries to choose the winners, who were recognized at an awards ceremony at DesignCon 2012 in Santa Clara, Calif.
The DesignVision Awards celebrate "the achievements of the most innovative electronics companies and the unique tools that support customer needs to improve and simplify the design process," said Patrick Mannion, Content Director, EDN and EE Times Designlines, for UBM Electronics. "Selection criteria included: industry vision, solution originality, and quality of implementation.

"The industry-esteemed DesignVision awards honor the achievements of the most innovative semiconductor companies, the most prominent visionaries, and the most successful design tools in the industry. Reaching a final decision was difficult given the many excellent products submitted deserving of these awards."

"We are honored that our Energy$ense family was recognized with this prestigious award," said Parviz Ghaffaripour, Akros Silicon's President and CEO. "Akros developed the AS19xx Series of Energy$ense products to address the growing need for energy savings in modern platforms. Our innovative approach was to change the design paradigm from power management to 'total energy management.' Energy$ense products achieve our vision by delivering an energy-saving solution that is both practical and extremely cost-effective. We are delighted to receive this award as a validation of our efforts."

The 10 pin-compatible DPMUs comprising the AS19xx family come in different combinations of synchronous buck, boost and LED-drive converter configurations. Features include real-time power measurements and power-subsystem health monitoring, high efficiency (94 percent peak) and ultra-low standby current (<10uA), digital power control (via I2C) for selectable power operating modes, fast transient-handling capability for implementing adaptive power profiles, built-in spread-spectrum clocking for EMI management, and built-in sophisticated PWM-dimming for battery-draining LED- backlight displays.

Energy$ense DPMUs are suitable for 4G LTE residential gateways and femtocells, portable consumer products, NAS and media hubs, Internet-TV and IPTV set-top boxes, automotive infotainment systems, solid-state lighting, communication equipment with cluster-power or intermediate bus architectures.

Akros Silicon provides energy management ICs.