ADO300 Series DC/DC Converter

ARTESYN / Advanced Energy's ADO300 series eighth-brick isolated DC/DC converters provide a single fully regulated at 3.3 V, 5 V, or 12 V output. Rated at 300 W, these converters can deliver up to 300 W power and have no minimum load requirement. They have an input voltage range of 36 V to 75 V and are primarily designed for use with standard 48 V supplies in computing and server applications, as well as regulated 48 V supplies in communications equipment.

The ADO300 series of isolated, digital DC/DC converters supports digital control techniques and provides the user with a comprehensive solution to provide monitoring and management functions. Monitoring voltage, current, power, and temperature allow the user to measure the power demand of the system and actively control the units. These monitoring functions can also be configured to generate warnings if shutdown points are approached, which improves system reliability and can improve up-time. All these communications, monitoring, and control functions are implemented over the industry-standard PMBus® command protocol.

These single-output isolated modules offer excellent thermal performance, which, together with an enhanced pre-bias start-up capability, makes them an ideal choice for use in data processing systems and telecom equipment.

Their open-frame design is optimized for forced air or conduction cooling, or an aluminum baseplate option is available for enhanced thermal performance.

ARTESYN / Advanced Energy's ADO300 isolated digital DC/DC converters are low profile units that are ideal for systems with demanding inter-board spacing requirements; the open-frame models have an installed height of 0.43 inch (11 mm), while the baseplate versions require 0.52 inch (13.3 mm).

The 1/8 brick and 1/4 brick units follow the industry-standard PMBus interface DOSA footprints, giving users options to scale their power module with their application from 300 W to 700 W.