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Power Supply ICs and Controllers
News Release from: Freescale Semiconductor | Subject: MC13783
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 07 December 2005
Power management and user interface come
together
The MC13783 integrated power management and user interface chip packs multiple systems into one device for unprecedented design freedom and part count reduction.
Freescale Semiconductor is meeting the increasing demands to power new features in today's smart mobile devices with the introduction of the world's most highly integrated power management and user interface (PMUI) chip With this single-chip device, designers can optimise system power and drive a variety of powerful audio and multimedia features in products such as 3G phones, mobile gaming units and portable media players
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 20 Mar 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Freescale's power management devices can reduce component count and board area by as much as 50% compared with many current implementations", said Mark Christensen, Principal Consultant at Prismark Partners.
"This high level of integration is of particular importance in high-end 3G phones that must fit many features into a small form factor".
The MC13783 PMUI IC packs multiple systems into one device for unprecedented design freedom and part count reduction.
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Consolidated co-ordination of numerous system level modules simplifies design and helps to drive new levels of product sophistication at compelling price points.
The Freescale PMUI includes a full audio system, battery charger system, lighting system, five switching regulators, 18 linear regulators, USB transceiver, carkit interface, touchscreen interface and more.
Additionally, the MC13783 gives OEMs a high degree of adaptability for feature scaling across tiered product families, accelerating products to market and cutting time to market and design costs.
"As the capabilities of mobile devices such as 3G handsets continue to expand, developers encounter more challenges with product size and battery life", said Franz Fink, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Freescale's Wireless and Mobile Systems Group.
"This device addresses both issues with an unmatched level of integration and power control".
"We're enabling OEMs to push the envelope of product sophistication, form factor and function".
Other advanced features of the MC13783 include: dynamic voltage scaling, multimode switching regulators, user off support with power interruption recovery, Li-ion battery charger, coin cell battery backup and a USB OTG transceiver with CEA-936-A carkit support for transferring files, music and graphics or charging a battery through a shared mini-USB connector.
The MC13783 is the latest in a series of Freescale PMUI products offered as individual ICs or as part of total platform solutions.
Platform applications include Freescale's 3G Innovative Convergence i.300-30 and Mobile eXtreme Convergence MXC300-30 as well as the MXC275-30 Edge solution.
In addition, the device is ideally suited for Freescale's i.MX31 applications processor and is included in the i.MX31 application development system.
The MC13783 is sampling now, with general availability expected in February 2006.
Reference designs and development assistance are available today.
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