Vicor’s proprietary Factorized Power Architecture (FPA) revolutionizes power delivery by splitting DC-DC conversion into specialized, independent modules. This innovative approach maximizes use of precious PWB space, minimizes power losses and noise and simplifies thermal management, resulting in superior performance and reliability.

In Vicor’s radiation-tolerant product line, a 100V_IN fixed-ratio Bus Converter Module (BCM) delivers critical isolation and conversion, stepping down the input voltage by one-third to supply the buck/boost Pre-Regulator Module (PRM). The PRM then precisely regulates this voltage before passing it to the Voltage Transformation Module (VTM), which converts the regulated output of the PRM to 0.8V (trimmable via the PRM from 0.42V – 1.1V) while multiplying the current by 30X for the high current FPGA supply rail.

This modular design offers unmatched efficiency, flexibility, and power density — key advantages for demanding environments such as high-performance computing in radiation-exposed applications.

The Xilinx Versal FPGA-based, reconfigurable, AI-enabled transponder allows telecommunications and SIGINT operators to perform real-time, on-board processing by autonomously changing RF frequency plans, channelization, modulation and communication standards based on live traffic needs. Vicor power converter modules also feature a dual powertrain, which for fault-intolerant space applications provides built-in redundancy that allows loads to be driven at 100 percent on each side of the powertrain.

"Vicor FPA delivers a much more elegant, efficient solution in a very small form factor,” Bedi said. “The benefits of Vicor FPA are simply an order of magnitude superior to everything else on the market.”