About Featured Expert: Monolithic Power Systems

Monolithic Power Systems are global industry experts in integrated power management, power modules, motor control and semiconductor-based power electronics. The company designs, develops and manufactures highly integrated power solutions for computing, automotive, industrial, communications and embedded applications. Its technologies bring power conversion, control, protection, sensing and packaging into increasingly compact device and module architectures.

That integration extends from DC-DC and AC-DC power conversion through battery management, motor control, isolation and multiphase voltage regulation. MPS offers controllers, regulators, drivers, power stages and modules developed around the current density, transient response, thermal and space requirements of the finished system. High-current computing represents an important part of this work. The company’s multiphase controllers and Intelli-Phase power stages support power delivery for CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs and accelerator platforms. Intelli-Modules extend that architecture through compact, open-frame power modules developed for high-density second-stage conversion.

Monolithic Power Systems - Featured Expert Logo - Electronics Industry Monthly MPS has also developed Z-Axis Power Delivery for processor applications where the placement and length of the power path have become increasingly important. The architecture positions low-profile voltage-regulator modules beneath the processor, providing an alternative to the conventional arrangement of power stages around the perimeter of the load. The same integration capabilities extend into automotive electronics. MPS develops power-management, motor-control, sensing and isolation technologies for ADAS, vehicle electrification, digital cockpits, lighting and other vehicle systems. Its MPSafe portfolio brings automotive qualification and functional-safety support into the wider product environment, together with EMC and EMI testing resources for design verification.

Motor control remains another significant part of the company’s expertise. Integrated drivers, pre-drivers, field-oriented control devices, current sensors and position-sensing technologies support brushed DC, brushless DC and stepper-motor systems across industrial motion, robotics, pumps, fans, actuators and automotive equipment.

Within industrial and embedded applications, MPS technologies are used in programmable controllers, communications equipment, medical systems, battery-powered devices, energy storage and smart-building equipment. Reference designs, evaluation hardware, simulation models and design resources support the integration of those products into specific circuit architectures. The company also develops digital isolators, isolated gate drivers, current sensors, position sensors, inductors and power modules that connect measurement and control with the wider power architecture. These capabilities allow sensing, isolation and power delivery to be considered within the same system-development process.

Across its product platforms, Monolithic Power Systems combines semiconductor design with packaging and application engineering to address power density, efficiency and control within a smaller overall footprint. Typical applications for Monolithic Power Systems technologies include data centers, AI hardware, automotive electronics, industrial automation, robotics, battery-management systems, telecommunications, consumer electronics, medical equipment and energy-storage systems.

Founded in 1997, Monolithic Power Systems operates as a global fabless semiconductor company serving customers across cloud computing, telecommunications, industrial, automotive and consumer markets. To learn more about Monolithic Power Systems and its integrated power technologies, please click here.

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