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Doc.# 005-0006442 Rev. D

02/17/16

Page 9

Input:

40-65V

Output:

12.0V

Current:

38A

Package:

Eighth-brick

Applications Section

Applications Section

BASIC OPERATION AND FEATURES

With voltages dropping and currents rising, the economics

of an Intermediate Bus Architecture (IBA) are becoming

more attractive, especially in systems requiring multiple

low voltages. IBA systems separate the role of isolation and

voltage scaling from regulation and sensing. The BusQor

series bus converter provides isolation and an unregulated

voltage step down in one compact module, leaving regulation

to simpler, less expensive non-isolated converters.

In Figure A below, the BusQor module provides the isolation

stage of the IBA system. The isolated bus then distributes

power to the non-isolated buck regulators to generate the

required voltage levels at the points of load. In this case, the

bucks are represented with SynQor’s NiQor series of non-

isolated DC/DC converters. In many applications requiring

multiple low voltage outputs, significant savings can be

achieved in board space and overall system costs

When designing an IBA system with bus converters, the

designer can select from a variety of bus voltages. While

there is no universally ideal bus voltage, most designs

employ one of the following: 12V, 9.6V, 7.5V, 5V, or 3.3V.

Higher bus voltages can lead to lower efficiency for the buck

regulators but are more efficient for the bus converter and

provide lower board level distribution current. Lower bus

voltages offer the opposite trade offs.

SynQor’s BusQor modules act as a true dc transformer. The

output voltage is proportional to the input voltage, with a

specified “turns ratio” or voltage ratio, plus minor drop from

the internal resistive losses in the module. When used in

IBA systems, the output variation of the BusQor must be in

accordance with the input voltage range of the non-isolated

converters being employed.

The BusQor architecture is very scalable, meaning multiple

bus converters can be connected directly in parallel to allow

current sharing for higher power applications.

CONTROL FEATURES

REMOTE ON/OFF (Pin 2): The ON/OFF input, Pin 2,

permits the user to control when the converter is on or off.

This input is referenced to the return terminal of the input

bus, Vin(-).

In the negative logic version, the ON/OFF signal is active

low (meaning that a low turns the converter on). Figure B

is a detailed look of the internal ON/OFF circuitry.

BusQor

Converter

Converters

Loads

Front End

Typical User Board

Figure A: Example of Intermediate Bus Architecture using BusQor bus converter

and NiQor non-isolated converters

48Vdc

40-65V

12Vdc

3.3V

2.5V

1.8V

1.5V

0.9V

Vin(+)

TTL

On/Off

Vin(-)

Figure B: Internal ON/OFF pin circuitry

10V

124K

49.9K

100K

column 1

column 2