At the 2012 International CES, Green Plug demonstrated how its Green Power Processor (GPP) technology eliminates significant barriers to broad adoption of digital control in AC-DC power conversion applications.

Green Plug says its GPP mixed-signal controller can help manufacturers “reduce power product development cycle time by using GPP’s embedded tools to configure all major design elements in real time and without increasing manufacturing costs. By contrast, changes to analog circuits can take weeks.”

Green Plug founder Frank P. Paniagua, Jr. explains that his company’s “is a novel architecture where a single controller can be rapidly adapted to meet the requirements of many different power supply topologies, including QRC, LLC, Half Bridge, Full Bridge and more. The GPP also offers the potential to use programming and high-performance computing capability to develop new ways of delivering power. In the future, high switching frequencies for GaN devices may be ideal candidates for superior control algorithms possible with the GPP.”

Jeff Shepard, publisher and president of Darnell Group, notes, “Digitally controlled architectures for power conversion have been used primarily in high-end applications, but it is particularly efficient in applications featuring power factor correction (PFC). There is a growing correlation between PFC and digital power ICs designed for AC-DC power supplies. PFC is becoming a requirement in a growing number of AC-DC power supply applications, with efficiency gains possible when implementing advanced PFC topologies with digital control components.”

Jonathan Meyers, Caris & Company managing director, adds: “The ramifications of what Green Plug has accomplished are now beginning to take root with developers of power products for consumer electronics manufacturers and other more complex power systems. Green Plug’s GPP and related communication technologies offer licensing opportunities across multiple market segments, from small power hubs to digital control of power supplies and mid-range connections to the Smart Grid.”

Green Plug develops and licenses technology that enables consumer electronics manufacturers to upgrade from traditional analog-controlled power adapters to smart digitally controlled systems. For more information, visit www.GreenPlug.us.

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