EMCO High Voltage: Novel ultra-small HV dc/dc converter shrinks device height

The AG Series ultraminiature dc/dc converter from EMCO High Voltage is a novel surface-mount design that recesses the power supply into a trench in the host PCB, resulting in a component height profile of one eighth of an inch (0.128 in.). The low profile of the device, coupled with its unique ability to sit inside a circuit board rather than on top, provides a versatile space-saving solution to OEM systems designers in applications where every millimeter counts. This package can be mounted using the surface mount tabs or with swaged PC pins for through-hole applications. The converter mitigates EMI/RFI by using a quasi-sine-wave oscillator, a fully shielded transformer, proven layout techniques, and filtering. The use of a proprietary high-performance encapsulation formula and process result in very low input-to-output leakage current of