ANDOVER, Mass., Dec 15, 2003 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vicor Corporation (NASDAQ:VICR) announced today that its V-I Chip Bus Converter Module (BCM) has won a Product of the Year Award from Electronic Products magazine. The BCM converts a DC voltage source into a bus voltage suitable for powering electronic equipment.

Vicor developed the BCM product through the invention and realization of a new class of power conversion topologies, called Sine Amplitude Converters (SAC). SACs deliver isolation at the Point Of Load by utilizing a proprietary zero-voltage and zero-current switching (ZVS and ZCS) technology that allows efficient conversion at several million cycles per second while minimizing serial energy storage. The performance of SACs sets new standards in the levels of efficiency, low noise, fast transient response and power density in board-mounted converters. This superior performance is provided in the new V-I Chip standard: a surface mount component available with either ball grid array (BGA) or J-lead terminations.

The BCM's first application is in 48V Intermediate Bus Architecture (IBA) power system implementations. With 1,000 Watts/cubic-inch power density and 97% efficiency, BCMs offer significant benefits when used as Intermediate Bus Converters (IBC). BCMs are an order of magnitude quieter and faster than hard switching IBCs.

The first members of the 48V BCM family are models with outputs of 9.6 V at 240 Watt and 12 V at 200 Watt. The BCM family will soon be expanded to include outputs of 3, 4, 6, 8, 16, 24 and 48 V.

"V-I Chips are enabling unprecedented performance as well as space and cost savings for power system designers," said Patrizio Vinciarelli, CEO of Vicor. "We are pleased that the editors of Electronic Products have recognized this first entry in the emerging V-I Chip paradigm for power conversion."

For more information on the BCM and V-I Chips, including data sheets and performance comparisons, please visit www.vicorpower.com.

The editors at Electronic Products chose this year's winners based on significant advances in technology or its application, innovation in design, or a substantial gain in price and performance. The list of winners will be printed in the January 2004 issue of Electronic Products magazine. Hearst Business Communications, Inc., Garden City, New York, publishes Electronic Products, The Engineer's Magazine of Product Technology.

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SOURCE: Vicor Corporation

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