Payton Partners with Renesas on AI Data Center Power Innovation

Payton Planar Magnetics has teamed up with Renesas Electronics Corporation, a leading semiconductor provider, to enhance the efficiency and performance of advanced AI data center power systems.

Payton contributes custom planar magnetics tailored for emerging high‑voltage topologies. The company’s ultra‑high power density planar‑based matrix transformers support 3 kW conversion from 400 V to 48 V in an LLC DCX configuration, operating at 650 kHz. Renesas incorporates this into a complete 12 kW system that fits within a form factor only slightly larger than a standard full brick module.

Key Benefits Driving the Partnership

This collaboration addresses critical needs in scaling AI infrastructure. The design prioritizes energy efficiency to minimize losses at high power levels, leverages planar magnetics for compact footprints, and ensures thermal reliability at elevated frequencies and power densities without sacrificing mean time between failures (MTBF).

Together, Payton and Renesas demonstrate a commitment to optimized power delivery that combines advanced semiconductors with intelligent magnetics, powering the next wave of AI computing.

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