Power Management ICs: Overview

"PXI offered us a characterization platform for power management ICs with a smaller footprint and tighter integration than our benchtop instruments at a lower cost."
- Amiri McCain, ON Semiconductor

National Instruments supplies a variety of products for designing PMIC test solutions for validation, characterization, and production environments. Learn how you can use PXI and modular instrumentation combined with flexible software such as NI LabVIEW to reduce test costs and improve measurement repeatability. Use the resources (customer case studies, technical tutorials, and example code) on this site to learn how PXI and LabVIEW can help you test your PMIC.

National Instruments hardware and software products have the following measurement capabilities:

Power supply rejection ratio (PSRR)
Source/measure current and voltage on device pins (VCC, ICC, IBST, DRVH, DRVL, and so on)
Line/load regulation transient tests
Power converter efficiency (quiescent and shutdown current)
Fast IV curve tracing

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Industry Trends

Lower output voltage levels and quiescent current draw
Faster response times for abrupt changes in load current
Government legislation to increase power efficiencies
Growth that is outpacing general semiconductor industry by 2x

Benefits of Using NI

Modular platform to allow for multiple power supplies at various voltage levels
Current sensitivity up to 1 nA.
Small footprint and tight integration between instruments in PXI

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