 More than 150 manufacturers of power supply products will be on display at electronica 2006, held at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre from November 14 to 17.
According to the organizer, Munich Trade Fairs International (MMI), every major power supply manufacturer will be at the show, and no other event brings together more supply manufacturers. Most will be found in the dedicated power hall B2.
Practically every type and size of power supply product from tiny point-of-load converters and the recently announced sixteenth brick DC-DC converters to large cabinet-based DC power systems for telecoms applications will be presented at the show.
MMI says that key drivers for the power supply industry include raising power-conversion efficiencies as they relate to saving energy and operating costs. One of the primary applications driving both of these will be servers, where, in addition to reducing the amount of energy required to run a rectifier or front end, increased efficiencies will also reduce the amount of heat that is dissipated and lower site-level cooling costs.
Another increasing trend is the use of digital power management for point of load solutions used within AC-DC power supplies and at the systems level. Visitors to electronica 2006 can expect to see more AC-DC front-end power supplies and telecom rectifiers, using digital control techniques to save energy and reduce operating costs.
System-level concepts evident at the show will include intelligent-adaptive management techniques that continually adjust the internal operating parameters of AC-DC front ends and DC-DC converters, in order to optimize efficiencies and key performance parameters. This activity-based management will reduce power dissipation and consumption by controlling the intermediate bus voltage, clock frequencies, and cooling fan speeds, MMI says.
electronica 2006 will occupy a total of 152,000 square meters across 14 exhibition halls and MMI is predicting that more than 75000 visitors will view the products and services of more than 3000 exhibitors.
MMI says the event is the world’s leading trade show for components, systems and high-growth applications in electronics.
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