JA > The picture showed a line-operated
JA > "plug," which suggests they've
JA > got galvanic isolation.
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G > They're taking PRE-ORDERS on their website..
G > This 65W laptop adapter is to be out in mid 2014.
G > At CES 2014 in Las Vegas Jan 7-10
G > Venetian Level 1 Booth #74113
G > Anybody here going to CES?
G > FINsix is supposedly based in Menlo Park, CA
G > ASIC work is to be at: 27 Drydock Avenue, Boston, MA 02210
G > Venture capital backed.
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http://www.finsix.com/products/adapter.html
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http://www.finsix.com/company/team.html
G > (Impressive)
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Leadership Team
Vanessa Green - Chief Executive Officer
Vanessa is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of FINsix. Most recently,=
Vanessa was a business development manager at TECOM Investments (Dubai, UA=
E) where she led business development and strategy for Enpark, a 1.4M squar=
e foot sustainable real estate project and investment vehicle. Vanessa work=
ed with the Monitor Group from 2005 =96 2007 and is a board member of Commu=
nity Water Solutions, a non-profit she co-founded in 2008. In 2011, Vanessa=
won the Patrick E. McGovern Entrepreneurship Award, and was selected as a =
Boston Business Journal Innovation All-Stars Rising Star and Forbes 30-unde=
r-30 in Energy. Vanessa holds an M.Eng. in Civil and Environmental Engineer=
ing from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an MBA from the Massach=
usetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management and a B.A. in Env=
ironmental Science from Dartmouth College.
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Anthony Sagneri - Chief Technology Officer
Tony is co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at FINsix. Prior to startin=
g FINsix, Tony completed a Ph.D. with the RLE/LEES laboratory at MIT in VHF=
power. He helped establish the fundamental network principles behind VHF p=
ower conversion and designed and built over a dozen high-performance conver=
ters. In addition he established and validated device optimization and tran=
sformer synthesis techniques enabling higher efficiency and access to a bro=
ader applications space. Before MIT, Tony served for five years in the U.S.=
Air Force, rising to the rank of Captain. As a Mission Operations Commande=
r at DGS-2, Beale AFB, he led a team of 70 intelligence operators to 169 co=
llection missions over a number of locations worldwide. Tony holds a Ph.D. =
and S.M. in Electrical Engineering from MIT, a BSEE from Rensselaer Polytec=
hnic Institute and is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Intelligence Officer=
Course.
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Joseph Scarci - VP of Sales and Marketing
Joe is Vice President of Sales and Marketing at FINsix, where he leads all =
product management, product marketing, marcom, and partnering activities. P=
rior to FINsix, Joe worked as Vice President of Marketing at SolarBridge Te=
chnologies, a microinverter start-up based in Austin, TX. At SolarBridge, J=
oe was responsible for all marketing and sales activities and led partnerin=
g efforts that resulted in six contracts with leading solar panel manufactu=
rers. Prior to SolarBridge, he worked at Schneider Electric/American Power =
Conversion, Analog Devices, and AT&T, where he held a variety of general ma=
nagement and senior marketing positions. Joe earned both a Bachelor of Scie=
nce degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Business Administratio=
n degree from Carnegie Mellon University.
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Jim Kardarch - Director, Technology Integration (Computing)
Jim retired from Intel at the end of 2012 as a Senior Principal Engineer an=
d Chief Power Architect. Jim worked at Intel for 26 years, with 24 years fo=
cused on notebook platform architecture and low power technologies. Jim has=
over 100 issued patents and has lead development of many industry specific=
ations including ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface), and a l=
ow power radio technology he famously named Bluetooth. Jim is a senior memb=
er of IEEE, was an original inductee into the Bluetooth Hall of Fame (2006)=
, and was a runner up in the Discover Magazine Award for Technology Innovat=
ion in 1999, has received five Intel Achievement Awards and a gold Intel En=
vironmental award. Jim also does volunteer work with the MESA (Math Enginee=
ring Science and Achievement) program for underprivileged students to encou=
rage STEM education for which Jim was awarded the 2012 Santa Clara Site Int=
el Involved Hero Award and works with the MESA program as part of an Encore=
Fellowship program. Jim has a BS in Electrical Engineering from California=
State University Fresno (=9284) and was recently awarded their =93Top Dog=
=94 Alumni award for lifetime achievement (Go Dogs!) and was recently featu=
red in the CSU Working in California series for CSU=92s 50th anniversary.
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Dave Grant - Director, IC Development
Dave is the Director of IC development at FINsix. Prior to FINsix, Dave wor=
ked at Texas Instruments for 18 years, holding the title of Distinguished M=
ember of Technical Staff. At Texas Instruments he designed and led the desi=
gn of many different families of analog and mixed signal ICs, including pow=
er controllers, monolithic power converters, LDOs and RF ICs. Prior to Texa=
s Instruments, Dave worked as a system level designer for 11 years, develop=
ing video test equipment for Philips, CRT based computer monitors and test =
hardware for IBM, high end stereo electronics for Linn Products and digital=
electronics for a business computer company. He has 20 issued patents. Dav=
e has a BSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from The University of=
Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
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G > Their other product:
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http://www.finsix.com/products/led.html
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LED Driver (In Development)
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G > I just hope it's not another vaporware..
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Jan > So it seems to be resonant after all...:
Jan > :-)
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http://www.finsix.com/technology/advantages.html
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Technology Advantages
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10x Power Density
At VHF switching frequencies, energy is processed more often, so it can be =
handled in smaller chunks. This means less temporary energy storage so the =
inductors and capacitors can shrink. Since these energy storage components =
occupy the bulk of the volume, the direct consequence is reduced converter =
size=97up to 10x=97and higher power density.
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Amazing Transient Response
Transient response reflects how fast a power converter can adapt to changes=
in the load or source. FINsix converters are 1,000x faster than today=92s =
technology. This makes life easier for system designers and enables unexpec=
ted applications, like best in class dimming and compatibility for LED lamp=
s.
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Rugged Reliability
The elimination of heavy components, like magnetic core transformers, enabl=
es superior resistance to mechanical shock and vibration. Furthermore, the =
overall reduction in component count, specifically of through-hole componen=
ts, means fewer points of failure.
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Batch Manufacturing
Since we don=92t need discrete inductors or other through-hole components, =
our power converters can be manufactured in a fully automated surface-mount=
process, ensuring high reliability and repeatability.
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Jan > And no efficiencey numbers given, must be really bad.
Jan > Only advantage small size?=20
Jan > Only 110 V?
Jan > How about RF interference at VHF? with DTV, cellphones?=20
Jan > Normal switchers are already bad enough,
Jan > I have one radiating 250 kHz.
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This would be hard to get past FCC emissions testing right?
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Jan > And to say, here:
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http://www.finsix.com/products/led.html
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"Highest Performance - Blinking,
instability, noise and LED lamps
that just refuse to turn on are history."
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Jan > Well that is almost like saying:
Jan > "Our cars start every time, unlike noisy
Jan > other ones that just refuse to start..."
Jan > Gimme a break.
Jan > :-)
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Do any of your LED lamps "just refuse to turn on" ?
ROFL
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What do you think the odds are that
FINsix will make it to 2015?