ETC QBVW033

GE Energy
February 2012
Product Training Module
DC-DC Barracuda
GE Complete Family of DC-DC Solutions
AC-DC Conversion
DC Input
Power
Conditioning
Isolation &
Power
Conversion
Power
Regulation
DC Loads
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GE’s Barracuda Family
Barracuda
s e r i e s
1
8
1
4
300W
300W
400W
400W
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• Available in both Digital pinout or Standard bus converter
5-pin format.
• DOSA™ Standard footprints
• PMBUS™ digital system
interface.
• Fully Regulated, wide input
range
• Exceptional efficiency, 96%
• Exceptional Thermal
performance.
• Flexible digital design
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Barracuda Customer Benefits
DOSA 5-Pin
Bus Pin-out
• Flexible and Backwards Compatible
 Fully Regulated with Wide Input Range
 Forward and backward compatibility between
DOSA standard, 5-Pin bus, and Fully Digital
DOSA Standard
⅛ & ¼ Brick Pin-out
modules for both E-bricks and Q-bricks
 A single layout accommodates new digital
modules as well as all existing legacy modules
 Configurable output voltage (9.6V, 12V) allows
DOSA Standard Pins
backward replacement into existing 4:1 and 5:1
un-regulated sockets
 User configurable digital pins
⅛ Brick
¼ Brick
 -P option for Droop Load sharing
 -H option for Base Plate
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Efficiency (%)
Barracuda Efficiency (QBVW033)
Output Current (Iout)
HIGHER EFFICIENCY & EXCEPTIONAL THERMAL PERFORMANCE
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Barracuda Efficiency (EBDW020)
96
95
94
8A
48Vin
40Vin
11A
14A
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17A
20A
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Barracuda De-rating (EBDW025 with Heat Plate)
28
24
20
16
12
8
4
0
20°C
400LFM
200LFM
NC
40°C
60°C
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80°C
100°C
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Barracuda (EBDW025 with Heat Plate & Heat Sink)
Nothing Added
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24
23
22
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20
19
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16
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Heat plate
Heat plate
& Heat sink
400LFM
200LFM
20°C
40°C
60°C
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80°C
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GE DLynx™ & Barracuda™ Digital
Hybrid
Analog
Hybrid
Digital
Fully
Digital
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Barracuda Digital Feature Summary
SM BUS ALERT
REFERENCED TO SIGGND
SERIAL CLOCK
REFERENCED TO SIGGND
SIGNAL GROUND
SEPARATE FROM Vout(-)
SERIAL DATA
REFERENCED TO SIGGND
RESISTOR TO SIGGND FOR
MODULE ADDRESS 1
REFERENCED TO SIGGND
RESISTOR TO SIGGND FOR
MODULE ADDRESS 0
REFERENCED TO SIGGND
ANALOG TRIM OR
CONFIGURABLE PIN 1
Analog Trim, Secondary On/Off
CONFIGURABLE PIN 2
Power good, Frequency Sync,
Secondary On/Off
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Barracuda QBDW033A0B
Functions & Specications
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AVS (Adaptive Voltage Scaling)
Adaptively change load and bus voltages to optimize energy consumption
READ BACK BUS & LOAD CURRENT
SET BUS VOLTAGE
SET LOAD VOLTAGE
Some of the adaptive
variables:
1. Processor needs
2. Temperature variation
3. Board Impedances
4. Component variances
5. Module efficiency
6. IC power consumption
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GE Digital Power Insight™ - DPI Kit
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GE Digital Power Insight™ - Simple GUI
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Web Tools
April 11, 2012
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Rich Datasheet Content/Tools
General schematic
Thermal de-rating guidelines &
other characteristic curves
Input
capacitance
sizing
Noise test
configurations
Remote
On/Off
scheme
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GE ENERGY USEFUL LINKS
GE Barracuda™ Isolated Bus Converter basic information and datasheets:
http://www.lineagepower.com/oem/barracuda.html
GE DPI Digital Power Insight™ GUI:
http://www.lineagepower.com/oem/digitalpowerinsight.html
GE DLynx™ POL basic information:
www.dlynx.info
GE DLynx™ POL datasheets:
www.lineagepower.com/oem/dlynx-series-smt.html
FPGA Selection Guides:
http://www.lineagepower.com/oem/pdf/FPGA_Selection_Guide.pdf
Application Notes & Tools:
http://www.lineagepower.com/oem/downloads.html
www.ge.com/powerelectronics
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