Audio amplifier

At Infineon, we understand the need for high reliability, high availability, and performance required for a RAID.  RAID is a technique that combines multiple physical disks into one or more logical units for the purpose of making it a high-density data storage with data redundancy, data integrity, performance improvement, or all of these.  RAID controller cards are the data storage devices used to manage hard disk drives or solid-state drives.

Our non-volatile SRAM (nvSRAM) and Ferroelectric RAM (F-RAM) are commonly used in these RAID card applications to keep track of the data packets while it transfers between the host and storage system, otherwise known as write journaling.  If the system loses power while writing, the journal information is read back at next power cycle to identify any data that was not yet written.  Parallel nvSRAM and serial Quad SPI
F-RAMs are preferred over other non-volatile memories due to their fast write speeds, high endurance and ability to capture data instantly on power loss without the use of any power backup.

High reliability for preservation of critical data without compromising performance

• Eliminates the need for back-up batteries or super capacitors
• Provides unlimited (nonvolatile) write cycles at the bus speed
• Instantly captures data on power loss

In addition to creating great sounding products, manufacturers of the latest home audio devices are under pressure to deliver products that are wirelessly connected, portable and adaptive to different use cases and environments. At the same time, audio products are becoming increasingly complex to design. On the one hand, this is due to demand for new functions such as voice command interfaces. On the other, audio products must accommodate cloud-based networks along with an ever-increasing number of end-points, audio channels and audio sources.

As a result, the audio hardware solutions used for audio products must be:

• Smaller and lighter
• More integrated
• Better connected
• Power efficient
• Cost effective
• Easier to use

At Infineon, we manufacture power-efficient class D audio amplifier solutions that maintain best-in-class audio quality, without heating up the surroundings. We believe smaller and lighter is better, and big and bulky is history. This means the amplifier embedded in your product should be heard, but not seen. Our amplifier solutions help you design robust, flexible products that meet the needs of your customers, and the market.

Modern home audio products come in many shapes, sizes and configurations but one thing they all have in common is the requirement for great sound in combination with outstanding industrial and acoustic design. In addition to producing exceptional sound quality, MERUS™ amplifiers from Infineon can completely eliminate the need for bulky and expensive LC output filters and heatsinks. This allows design of new innovative and great sounding home audio products in form factors and shapes that were previously unthinkable.

When designing portable/battery powered audio devices, it is essential to maximize battery playback time, and at the same time, maintain an excellent audio performance. Infineon’s MERUS™ amplifiers provide up to twice as long battery playback time in combination with the best-in-class audio performance and unsurpassed sound quality.

Professional audio equipment is all about maximizing output power and power density. Professional audio electronics used to be big, heavy and not very energy-efficient. But with the conception of Infineon's MERUS™ multilevel class D technology and gallium nitride CoolGaN™ e-mode HEMTs, it is now possible to conceive both amplifiers and power supplies units with great audio performance and high efficiency in a very compact space. For engineers developing amplifiers, Infineon offers both monolithic and chip-set solutions with versatile MOSFET combinations for the scaling of output power.

Providing the products and tools you need to overcome most class D audio design challenges, Infineon offers a unique portfolio of MERUS™ amplifier solutions. Depending on your exact project specifications, choose from our high-performance class D audio amplifier solutions for all power ranges and application requirements, from the smallest fully integrated single-chip solutions to highly scalable driver and discrete MOSFET combinations.

By paring our core competencies and leadership in power semiconductor process technologies with groundbreaking innovation in new audio architectures, such as our new multi-level class D amplifier ICs, we are able to provide solutions that are smaller and lighter, and run cooler. This enables audio product manufacturers to design cost-effective, better sounding audio products.

In addition to amplifier solutions, we also offer ones for battery chargers, switch mode power supplies as well as battery and power management devices, microprocessors and MEMS microphones.

Our MERUS^TM range of advanced audio amplifier solutions maximizes power efficiency, output power and audio performance while ensuring maximum design freedom and fast time-to-market.

In addition, our products excel in the following areas:

• Reliability: Thanks to enhanced design and production standards, customers can count on our solutions to provide complete system stability and reliability over the entire product lifetime.
• Performance: We empower customers to create heat sink-free and filter-free high performance audio products, with fewer components. This lowers overall system costs and, for wireless applications, enables longer battery playback time.
• Flexibility: Our wide selection of ready-to-use amplifier solutions and reference designs fit most class D audio design targets, allowing you to launch products faster.

Start by exploring our product portfolio. Then reach out to us to take your project to the next level.