High performance power modules optimized for  48V power delivery networks

Solutions for the entire power delivery network

The Vicor 48V ecosystem of high performance power modules provides complete power delivery networks to convert high voltage to a 48V bus, power downstream loads, and eases the transition with modules to power legacy 12V loads.

Efficiently converting high voltage to 48V

Industry-leading power density and innovative architectures of Vicor power modules equip power designers with either isolated or non-isolated solutions that reduce the size and weight of power systems and enable the advantages of a 48V bus.

Isometric image of Vicor 48V ecosystem with HV to 48V portion in focus

Modules to convert high voltage to 48V

800V and 400V to 48V

BCM bus converter modules

Isolated fixed-ratio

Input: 800 – 48V

Output: 2.4 – 55.0V

Current: Up to 150A

Peak efficiency: 98%

As small as 22.0 x 16.5 x 6.7mm

200V and 100V to 48V

DCM DC-DC converters

Isolated regulated

Input: 9 – 420V

Output: 3.3, 5, 12, 13.8, 15, 24, 28, 36, 48V

Power: Up to 1300W

Peak efficiency: 96%

As small as 24.8 x 22.8 x 7.21mm

270V to 48V or 28V

MIL-COTS DCM DC-DC converters

Isolated regulated

Input: 28, 30, 270V

Output: 3.3, 5, 12, 15, 24, 28, 48V

Power: Up to 1300W

Peak efficiency: 96%

As small as 0.98 x 0.90 x 0.28in

Application examples

High performance computing

Moving AC-DC rectification and battery backup from data center racks to a central location, using 400V power distribution in data centers, and utilizing Vicor BCM power modules’ compact 400 to 48V conversion within the rack can increase the number of processors in each rack by fourfold.

Automotive

Vicor BCM power modules enable 800V and 400V batteries to supply 48V power delivery networks. Their fast transient response allows for the elimination of the intermediate 12 or 28V battery, reducing considerable weight and space consumption within an EV.

Isometric illustration of a Robotics / UAV Power Delivery Network

Robotics and UAVs

Vicor high-density BCMs are the most efficient way to convert a high-voltage input into standard SELV output, allowing robots and UAVs to gain the advantages of a 48V bus while saving valuable space and weight, enabling more productivity, functionality and increased run time.