Powervation Limited, a spin out from the Circuits & Systems Research Centre (CSRC) at University of Limerick has raised funding from 4th Level Ventures, Shannon Development and its promoters. The investment will fund the development of Integrated Circuit based Power Management systems for high performance digital systems.
Digital control and management of electronic power systems is in its infancy as system designers have historically used analog based solutions. However increasing complexity of systems coupled with lower voltages and higher currents of new chip technologies is creating a demand for digital control and management of the power function. This demand is expected to create a new market for Digital Power Management integrated circuits, which Darnell Research estimate will be worth greater than $1bn by 2012.
The company’s technology will be deployed initially in higher end, information processing intensive markets such as Telecommunications, Data communications, Servers and Storage Systems. ‘
The company is headed up by former Power-One Managing Director, Antoin Russell and the team includes Alan Dunne, former head of the CSRC, Dr Karl Rinne who has had an extensive international career in Power Electronics research, Dr Eamon O’Malley who has just completed a PhD focussing on digital power Management following a 10 year career in silicon design and Gary Duffy, former Managing Director of Artesyn Technologies. The company is operating from the Innovation Centre at the National Technology Park in Limerick and expects to attract a full round of funding by the end of the year.
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