According to Dialog, one PMIC will replace up to 130 discrete components typically found in a TV today, resulting in cost-savings. Pick-and-place assembly is claimed to be up to three times faster, cutting manufacturing costs, and by standardising the analogue power path with a few programmable power management devices across a range of applications, it is said manufacturers will reduce both R&D and inventory costs.
Compared with power management designs that use discrete components, greater efficiency is claimed to deliver energy savings of up to 5W. Designs can be simplified because the PMICs enable centralised control of the whole TV or STB power path. In addition the regulatory requirements around the world are pushing for standby power dissipation, typically below 300mW, which Dialog says can be met using a PMIC-based system design.