Vicor and Mouser Debut New Resource Site for 48 V Designs
December 5, 2022 – Mouser Electronics, Inc., the New Product Introduction (NPI) leader™ empowering innovation, announces the launch of a new resource site in collaboration with Vicor, providing a range of resources for 48 V products and power designs. The site offers a collection of in-depth articles, videos, and infographics, offering designers and manufacturers a comprehensive resource to develop new power designs with higher voltage 48 V distribution.
Unlike many common 12 V systems, 48 V systems can support the higher power levels needed to deliver increasing levels of performance and functionality. As power increases, 12 V buses become less efficient and consume more space and weight for cables to carry higher currents. 48 V systems eliminate these space and weight inefficiencies by drastically reducing currents and power losses.
The new 48 V resource site features a recent installment of Electronic Engineering Journal’s Chalk Talk video series, which provides an easy-to-understand overview of the benefits, history, and applications of 48 V solutions. The site also highlights 48 V products from Vicor, connecting engineers directly to the solutions needed for these advanced power designs. Vicor 48 V architectures offer a substantial reduction in I2R losses and convert directly from 48 V to the load voltage without first regulating to 12 V, benefitting many industries, including UAV, robotics, and rail.
The 48 V site also features links to informative product information, videos, and more, including an article that explains why power designs are transitioning from 12 V to 48 V. The article analyzes the benefits of 48 V power designs as well as the various applications that could be transformed by this technology.
Mouser offers a wide range of Vicor products, including power supplies, power management ICs, and filters as well as DC-DC converters, such as the DCM™ DC-DC converter modules. Vicor’s DCM modules are high-power-density, isolated and regulated devices that feature up to 600 W output power and more than 93% efficiency.
To learn more about Vicor products available from Mouser, visit https://www.mouser.com/manufacturer/vicor/.
To explore the new 48 V resource site, go to https://manufacturers.mouser.com/vicor-48v.
2026 - Vicor Corporation manufactures and markets innovative, high-performance modular power components, from power modules to semiconductor-centric solutions, to enable customers to efficiently convert and manage power from the power source to the point of load. Vicor’s Power Component Design Methodology enables power system designers to reap all of the benefits of modular power component design – predictable component and system functionality and reliability, fast design cycles, and easy system configurability, re-configurability and scaling – while achieving system operating efficiency, power density and economy that rival the best alternative solutions.