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PRODUCT OVERVIEW

Volterra’s core products are integrated voltage regulator semiconductors and scalable voltage regulator semiconductor chipsets that are used to transform, regulate, deliver and monitor the power consumed by digital semiconductors, such as microprocessors, graphics processors, digital signal processors and memory. Volterra’s products integrate multiple power, analog and digital functions that are generally performed by numerous discrete components in conventional solutions to maximize performance and minimize size.

There are two families of integrated voltage regulator semiconductors, VT100 and VT200, and one family of scalable voltage regulator semiconductor chipsets, VT1000. We have developed over 35 products across our three major product families. We classify our product families by specifications such as input voltage and output voltage, both measured in Volts, and maximum current, measured in Amperes or Amps. We continually develop new generations of our products to improve product performance and features while reducing system size and cost.

The following table describes Volterra’s product families, product family descriptions and representative applications.

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VT100 Family: Integrated, Synchronous Buck Voltage Regulators

VT100

.Input Voltage Range: 2.7V to 5.5V

.VT102: Max Current 600mA

.VT103: Max Current 1A

.VOUT Adjustable Down to 1.23V

.> 90% PWM Efficiency at 1.8V

.> 88% Efficiency Down to 1.23V

.External PWM/PFM Mode Selection

.Internal 1MHz Oscillator or External Clock Synchronization

.Soft Start & Current Limit Built-In

.Under Voltage Lockout Protection

.Board Area Less than 150mm2 & 1.2mm High (Depending on Current)

.Low External Component Count

Representative Applications: Embedded voltage regulator designs for DSPs, FPGAs and other lower current digital semiconductors in Wireless LAN Cards, PDAs, data networking, storage and telecom equipment

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VT200 Family: Integrated, Synchronous Buck Voltage Regulators

VT200

.Input Voltages: 3.3V, 5V, & 12V

.Max Output Current: 30A

.Sources & Sinks Current

.Output Voltage Adjustable Down to 0.7V

.> 90% Efficiency at 1.5V

.Fast Transient Response: > 300A/µs

.Smallest Footprint & Lowest profile

.Minimum Output Capacitance

.Short Circuit Protection & Current Limit

.Undervoltage & Overvoltage Lockout

.Up to 2MHz Operating Frequency

Representative Applications: Point-of-load DC-DC converters or embedded voltage regulator designs for DSPs, FPGAs, ASICs, memory and other digital semiconductors in data networking, telecom, personal computers, workstations, servers and storage systems

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VT1000 Family: Multi-Phase, Synchronous Buck Voltage Regulator Chipsets

VT1000

.Input Voltages: 5V & 12V

.Programmable Current Over 100A

.Fixed Output Voltages: 1.8V, 2.5V, 3.3V, & 5V

.VOUT & VID Selection

- VRM10.x, VRM9.x, VRM 8.x
- Opteron™, Power Pod
- 0.8V to 1.85V Range

.Very Accurate Current Sharing

.Cycle-by-Cycle Current Limiting

.Over-Temperature Shutdown

.Programmable Set-Point & Droop

.Power Good, Fault & Output Enable

.Switching Frequency up to 1.5MHz

.Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors Only

Representative Applications: Voltage regulator modules or embedded voltage regulator designs for 32 Bit & 64 Bit micro-processors, memory, network and graphic processors found in personal computers, workstations, servers, data networking and enterprise storage systems

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