Infineon launches the industry's first USB PD 3.1 high-voltage microcontroller that supports higher power

[Munich, Germany, August 3, 2021] Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) launched the industry's first high-voltage microcontroller (MCU) that supports USB Power Delivery (USB PD) 3.1. This chip is referred to as EZ-PD™ PMG1 (Power Delivery Microcontroller Gen1) for short. It is Infineon's first-generation USB-supporting PD MCU, and is aimed at embedded systems that require high-voltage power supply or reception of up to 28 V (140 W). The device supports the higher power defined in the USB PD 3.1 specification and uses the MCU to provide additional control functions. The new products are very suitable for many applications in the consumer market, industrial market and communications market, such as smart speakers, routers, power tools and gardening tools.
The PMG1 series integrates the market-proven USB PD protocol stack, which can achieve reliable performance and high interoperability. It uses Arm® Cortex®-M0/M0+ processor, integrated on-chip up to 256 KB of flash memory and 32 KB of SRAM, USB full-speed peripherals, programmable general-purpose input/output (GPIO) pins, gate drive circuits, low voltage Drop (LDO) regulator and high voltage protection circuit. In addition, PMG1 MCU also provides hardware and firmware protection, including overvoltage and overcurrent protection, short circuit and reverse current protection, secure firmware startup, and signature firmware updates.

To improve the ease of use for designers, the new devices include programmable analog and digital modules that can easily customize smart analog sensors and integrate them into applications. In addition, PMG1 MCU can also be programmed on-site to support signature firmware updates, thereby improving efficiency. The ModusToolbox™ integrated development environment provides support for development. It integrates PMG1's software development kit, prototyping kit and quick start guide to jointly provide support for programming. They make firmware development and testing simple and easy, thereby further reducing overall development time and time to market.
Ajay Srikrishna, Senior Vice President of Infineon’s Wired Connectivity Solutions Business, said: “As a leader in power semiconductors, we are very pleased to bring the new PMG1 series to the market. In this way, OEMs will be able to further differentiate their consumer applications and industrial applications. Applications and commercial applications. Under our call of duty, this MCU enables our customers to bring new products to the market, and this will help make consumers’ daily lives easier, safer, and more environmentally friendly."
Availability
The USB PD microcontroller series PMG 1 can be ordered now.