Spirit Electronics Adds Vicor Modular Power Solutions for Satellite and Space Applications

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spirit Electronics is proud to announce the addition of Vicor Corporation to its curated portfolio of products and services developed especially to support the space industry. Spirit will be a channel partner for the Vicor Factorized Power Architecture (FPA™) line of radiation tolerant DC-DC converters that solve critical power delivery problems in satellites and other space applications.

“Vicor is delivering a game-changing power solution with high reliability, a compact form factor and proven space heritage – a huge win for advanced satellite deployments.”

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Spirit is now offering evaluation boards for Vicor radiation-tolerant power modules that enable the ideal power delivery network (PDN) for today’s LEO and MEO satellites, providing high-efficiency, high-density, low-noise voltage conversion to power advanced network communication ASICs, FPGAs and processors. The growing trend toward leveraging AI and machine learning on orbit requires higher-performance processors with challenging power delivery requirements. Traditional intermediate bus architectures comprising an isolated DC-DC conversion stage, followed by a multi-phase buck array, cannot achieve the power density and low noise required for advanced processors. The patented Vicor FPA solution, which has achieved flight heritage, uses three power-dense modules to minimize I²R power distribution board losses, maximize efficiency and improve transient response.

“Spirit is continuously seeking innovative products that give our customers a competitive edge in the space race,” comments Spirit CEO Marti McCurdy. “Vicor is delivering a game-changing power solution with high reliability, a compact form factor and proven space heritage – a huge win for advanced satellite deployments.”

Vicor’s rad-tolerant modular approach to power delivery provides protection from radiation while still providing the highest power density in the industry, in addition to being ultra-flexible and scalable in their architecture and implementation. These features are especially important in applications such as on-board satellite processing, earth observation, disaster management, space debris retrieval and defense operations.

Along with its premier product catalog as an authorized distributor, Spirit’s full turnkey engineering and value-added services offer an invaluable advantage in the rapidly evolving space industry, with support at each step of the IC supply chain from foundry to chip packaging, testing for reliability, environmental and radiation, board and box build assembly.

About Vicor

Vicor Corporation designs, develops, manufactures and markets modular power components and complete power systems based upon a portfolio of patented technologies. Headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts, Vicor sells its products to the power systems market, including enterprise and high-performance computing, industrial equipment and automation, telecommunications and network infrastructure, vehicles and transportation, aerospace and defense. www.vicorpower.com

About Spirit Electronics:

Spirit Electronics is an end-to-end supply chain services company headquartered in Phoenix, AZ. Spirit offers MIL-STD-883 testing, circuit card assembly, device analysis, ASIC programs, foundry services and franchised distribution of high-reliability electronic components. Spirit’s supply chain solutions have changed the definition of distribution by providing full-turnkey domestic OSAT (outsourced semiconductor assembly and test) services to deliver products to aerospace and defense customers fully qualified and ready for use. Spirit is a veteran-owned, woman-owned small business (VOWOSB) founded in 1979. For more information, visit https://www.spiritelectronics.com.