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corporation 1 type public traded as nasdaq vicr industry diversified electronics founded 1981 headquarters andover ma key people patrizio vinciarelli chairman of the board president and chief executive officer h. allen henderson corporate vice president president vlt sean crilly corporate vice president engineering power systems philip davies corporate vice president global sales and marketing nancy grava vice president human resources alex gusinov corporate vice president engineering power components joseph a. jeffery jr. corporate vice president chief information officer barry kelleher corporate vice president president brick business unit michael s. mcnamara corporate vice president quality & technical operations richard j. nagel jr. corporate vice president chief accounting officer james s. simms corporate vice president chief financial officer and secretary claudio tuozzolo corporate vice president president picor corporation products see article revenue 220 194 million usd 2015 number of employees 1031 june 30 2015 website www.vicorpower.com vicor corporation headquartered in andover massachusetts designs manufactures and markets modular power components . contents 1 history & overview 2 products 2.1 modular power converters 2.2 configurable products 2.3 factorized power architecture products 2.4 accessory power system components 2.5 summary of product announcements 2002 2011 7 3 custom power designs 4 manufacturing facilities 5 references 6 external links history & overview edit vicor corporation incorporated in 1981 in andover massachusetts 2 designs develops manufactures and markets modular power converters power system components and power systems using a patented high frequency power conversion technology designated zero current switching . vicor also manufactures and sells complete configurable power systems accessory products and custom power solutions . patrizio vinciarelli is the vicor chairman of the board president and chief executive officer . 3 in 2004 ericsson coporation sued vicor over a defective vicor power converter that was incorporated in ericsson radio base stations . in 2007 vicor paid ericsson 37 million to settle the lawsuit . 4 as of 2013 vicor has 17 subsidiaries including picor corporation vi chip corporation vlt inc. vicor gmbh vicr securities corporation vicor france sarl vicor italy srl vicor hong kong ltd. vicor u.k. ltd. vicor b.v. vicor japan company ltd. vicor trading shanghai limited and vicor development corporation which includes the 5 companies of aegis power systems inc. mission power solutions inc. northwest power inc. converpower corporation freedom power systems inc. . 5 vicor competes with texas instruments linear technology lambda electronics tyco international ltd. artesyn technologies astec power and xp power inc. products edit as of march 2012 update the vicor product offerings include the following dc dc components regulators current multipliers bus converters intermediate bus converters dc dc power supply dc dc filters ac dc power systems ac dc filters and front ends configurable and custom power solutions military cots products modular power converters edit since 1998 vicor has introduced four families of its second generation of high power density component level dc dc converters . in 1998 the 48 volt input family was introduced which was designed for the telecommunications market as well as for distributed power systems . in 1999 this was followed by two additional families a 300 volt input for offline rectified 115 or 230 volts ac and distributed power applications and a 375 volt input specifically designed for use in power factor corrected systems . in 2001 a 24 volt input family was added to the standard second generation product line to address additional telecommunications industrial and defense market opportunities . the vicor design assistance computer vdac was introduced for general use in 2000 . it is a system which enables the company s customers to specify online and verify in real time the performance and attributes of second generation dc dc converters . 6 configurable products edit most process control information technology and industrial electronic products operate directly off of alternating current ac lines . offline power systems require front end circuitry to convert ac line voltage into dc voltage for the core converters . the company s offline ac dc products incorporate a set of modular front end sub assemblies to offer a complete power solution from ac line input to highly regulated dc output . the product selection includes a low profile modular design in various sizes and power levels and a choice of alternatives to conventional box switchers . voltage and power levels can be either factory or field configurable . generally this approach using modular modules rather than discrete components is expensive and the series has never been accepted into the mainstream . competitors are xp power and also emerson which both use discrete designs which offer much lower costs although with larger form factors . many telecommunication defense and transportation electronic products are powered from central dc sources battery plants or generators . the company s dc dc power system choices include a low profile modular design similar to the corresponding ac dc system and a rugged compact assembly for chassis mounted bulk power applications . in february 2001 vicor introduced the vipac family of power systems a new class of user defined modular power solutions . vipac is a new type of integrated power system leveraging the latest advances in second generation dc dc converter technology and modular front ends . the web based vicor computer aided design similar in concept to vdac can be utilized by the customer to specify and verify in real time that customer s desired vipac configuration . as the vipac does not have active power factor correction it is unsuited to the bulk of applications in europe that require active power factor correction to meet en61000 4 5 . competitors in this area are tdk lambda emerson and xp power . factorized power architecture products edit in april 2003 vicor announced the introduction of a new power system architecture based on an array of power conversion technologies called factorized power architecturetm fpatm . in may 2003 vicor introduced the first family of products based on this technology 48 volt to 12 volt bus converter modules bcmtm for conventional intermediate bus architecture applications . in july 2003 vicor introduced its first v.i chip voltage transformation module vtmtm . vtms are designed to meet the demands of advanced digital signal processors field programmable gate arrays application specific integrated circuits processor cores and microprocessor applications at the point of load while providing isolation from input to output . in january 2004 vicor announced the availability of the first members of its 48 volt intermediate bus converter modules ibcs . the ibc family consists of 10 fixed ratio standard models with nominal outputs from three to 48 volt dc delivering up to 100 amperes or 600 watts . additional vtm and bcm products were introduced throughout 2004 . in 2005 the company completed the matrix of 48 volt v.i chips the 36 to 75 volt input pre regulator module prmtm which can operate from the wide dc input voltages normally encountered in telecommunications systems and the complete line of vtms compatible with this prm . in addition several v.i chip specialty products were designed for and delivered to specific customers for them to evaluate for use in potential applications where v.i chips can enable significant market advantages . prototypes of the first prm for the military defense cots market were also delivered . accessory power system components edit accessory power system components used with the company s component level power converters integrate other important functions of the power system facilitating the design of complete power systems by interconnecting several modules . in general accessory products are used to condition the inputs and outputs of vicor s modular power components . in 1998 vicor doubled the power capability of its component level ac front end the vi arm ac rectifier module . this front end product includes a micro controller that tracks the ac line to ensure correct operation for domestic or international line voltages . in addition two accessory products for the 48 volt input second generation family were introduced in 1999 the filtmod for input filtering and the iam48 for transient and spike protection . in 2005 the high boost ham harmonic attenuator module was introduced . many of vicor ac dc modular products were developed before the requirement for power factor correction became law in the european union products such as arm farm flatpac are therefore most suited to applications where they are not powered from utility supply but rather from generators boats aircraft or other mobile military application . of the power factor corrected modules ham has been successful but derates its output power at low line voltage making a discrete design a better option . in 2011 vicor opened up global distribution channels at future electronics and digikey and in 2015 added mouser electronics . summary of product announcements 2002 2011 7 edit in 2002 the microram ripple attenuator module ram was introduced . this product performs a function similar to the vi ram product in a smaller package at a lower price . in 2003 picor r introduced two new families of products the qpo quietpower output ripple attenuation sip and qpi quietpower 12 amp active emi filter for dc dc converters . the qpo performs a similar function to the ram in a smaller lower cost surface mount package . different qpo models allow customers to solve output noise problems . the qpi filters unwanted electro magnetic interference emi from the input supply bus . in 2004 the qpi product line was expanded to include products targeted at 24 volt industrial and military cots voltage bus supplies . in 2005 vicor introduced the qpi 8 a system in a package device designed to integrate the total hot swap function with an active emi filter . in 2006 vicor introduced several mid power micro modules emi filters and its high voltage high density v i chip based bus converters . in 2007 vicor introduced supplies for transportation and military applications . in 2008 vicor introduced vi bricktm products and active oring pronounced or ing redundant power isolating diode . in 2009 vicor announced its factorized power products were being used by ibm in their power6 r and blue gene blue gene wiki entry supercomputers . in 2010 vicor introduced the pfm vi brick an isolated regulated ac dc converter with power factor correction . in 2011 vicor introduced a family of intermediate bus converters in industry standard packages the first time vicor delivered their sine amplitude converter technology in this form factor . the company claims 98 % conversion efficiency with this technology . in january 2012 vicor introduced an ibc simulation tool to enable engineers to design power systems based on vicor s implementation of the ibc products . in february 2012 vicor introduced a series of power management products the picor cool power dc dc converters picor quietpower qpi 21 active emi filter and picor hot swap controller . in march 2012 vicor introduced an 850w 80a quarter brick ibc . in november 2013 vicor introduced the high density cool power zvs buck regulator . in