Accelerating Complex Power Designs

Developing reliable multiple-output power systems is a common challenge across medical, industrial, test and measurement, and semiconductor manufacturing equipment. Engineers must deliver multiple voltage rails, meet stringent safety and EMI requirements, maximize reliability, and bring products to market quickly. Traditionally, these requirements often forced designers to choose between complex multi-supply architectures or costly custom power solutions. The TDK-Lambda MU Series changes that equation by providing a configurable multi-output power platform that simplifies design, reduces compliance risk, and accelerates development.

Today, engineers have a better option.

Through Sager Electronics’ Certified Value-Add Reseller (VAR) Program, TDK-Lambda’s MU Series can now be assembled, tested, and delivered as application-specific power solutions often in as little as 48 hours. This combination of TDK-Lambda’s proven modular power architecture and Sager’s local configuration capabilities enable customers to accelerate development, simplify compliance, and reduce overall design risk.

Why the MU Series?

The MU Series is a highly configurable AC-DC power platform designed for applications that require multiple voltage rails, high reliability, and compact system integration.

Available in 800W and 1500W platforms, the MU Series supports up to 13 outputs from a single power supply chassis. Instead of integrating multiple independent power supplies throughout a system, engineers can consolidate their power architecture into a single compact solution.

This approach delivers several important advantages:

• Simplifies system design and wiring

• Reduces overall footprint and improves power density

• Minimizes leakage-current concerns in medical applications

• Improves long-term reliability by reducing system complexity

• Simplifies inventory management by consolidating multiple power products into one configurable platform

For manufacturers of medical imaging systems, diagnostic equipment, semiconductor fabrication tools, automated industrial equipment, and test and measurement systems, these benefits can significantly reduce engineering effort while improving system performance.

Designed for Compliance and Faster Certifications

Regulatory compliance is often one of the largest contributors to development delays.

The MU Series helps mitigate this challenge through a platform that is already certified to IEC 60601-1, IEC 62368-1, and IEC 61010-1 safety standards, enabling use across medical, industrial, ICT, test and measurement, and laboratory applications. With Class B EMI compliance, 4kVac input-to-output isolation, and full Means of Patient Protection (2 x MOPP) isolation capability, engineers can enter system validation with greater confidence.

By leveraging a prequalified power architecture, design teams can reduce compliance-related design iterations, shorten certification cycles, and accelerate time-to-market.

Reliability Built for Critical Applications

In high-value systems, power supply failures can lead to costly downtime, missed production targets, lost revenue, and damaged customer relationships.

The MU Series was engineered to maximize long-term reliability through:

• Conservative component derating

• High-efficiency operation up to 94%

• Reduced internal thermal stress

• Published conservative operating specifications

• Industry-leading seven-year warranty

The result is a power platform designed to support continuous operation in demanding environments where reliability is critical.

For enhanced operational visibility, integrated PMBus capability enables monitoring of key system health parameters such as input voltage, temperature, fan status, runtime, power cycle count, and fault conditions, while supporting remote diagnostics and predictive maintenance strategies that help minimize unplanned outages and maximize uptime.

Quiet Operation for Medical and Laboratory Environments

Many medical, laboratory, and precision measurement systems require low acoustic noise in addition to reliable power delivery.

The MU Series incorporates TDK-Lambda’s patented Intelligent Fan Control (IFC) technology, which dynamically adjusts cooling performance based on operating conditions. This helps reduce audible noise, delivering sound levels as low as 36 dBA while maintaining optimal thermal performance and extending component life.

The result is a quieter power solution without sacrificing reliability or efficiency.

Faster Custom Configurations with Sager’s VAR Program

While the MU Series provides a flexible power platform, Sager’s VAR Program unlocks its full potential.

As a factory-trained and authorized TDK-Lambda VAR partner, Sager can configure, assemble, and test MU Series power supplies to customer-specific voltage requirements. By maintaining local inventory of MU chassis and output modules in its Lewisville, Texas Custom Solutions and Distribution Center, Sager can rapidly provide configured solutions without the delays traditionally associated with custom power designs.

In addition to speed and flexibility, Sager’s VAR Program provides a high level of manufacturing traceability and process control. Each MU Series chassis and output module is individually scanned during assembly, helping ensure the correct components are used while creating a complete record throughout the product’s journey. 

The same assembly processes, controls, and quality standards used by TDK-Lambda are implemented at Sager’s Custom Solutions Center, helping deliver consistent quality and reliability whether the product is assembled in the United Kingdom or Texas. This traceability also provides valuable documentation and accountability for customers operating in highly regulated medical, industrial, test and measurement, and semiconductor manufacturing environments.

Benefits to Customers

Benefits to customers include:

• Application-specific voltage configurations without the cost and delays of a custom power design
• Fully assembled, validated, and ready-to-install power solutions
• Rapid delivery to support prototyping, design verification, and production ramp-up
• Complete component and assembly traceability for regulated applications
• Simplified power architecture and reduced inventory management complexity
• Flexible reconfiguration to accommodate evolving system requirements
• U.S.-based technical support from experienced power specialists

Every configured unit undergoes rigorous validation, including visual inspection, HiPot testing, and automated electrical verification to help ensure quality and performance.

The Combined Advantage

Together, TDK-Lambda and Sager deliver:

• A proven configurable power platform from a global power supply leader
• Pre-certified designs that help streamline compliance and system validation
• Local assembly using factory-trained personnel and established quality processes
• Consistent performance and quality backed by rigorous testing and inspection
• Rapid configuration and sample availability to accelerate project timelines
• End-to-end traceability and accountability throughout the assembly process
• A scalable path from prototype through to full production

Instead of choosing between the speed of an off-the-shelf power supply and the flexibility of a custom design, engineers can now achieve both.

Bringing Custom Power Within Reach

The addition of the MU Series to Sager’s Certified VAR Program represents a significant opportunity for the North American market. By combining TDK-Lambda’s proven configurable power architecture with Sager’s rapid assembly, testing, and traceability capabilities, customers can simplify complex power designs, accelerate product development, and reduce overall project risk. Equally important, the MU Series expands the Sager VAR portfolio with a highly robust, configurable power platform designed for long service life and mission-critical applications.

Whether developing next-generation medical equipment, factory automation systems, semiconductor tools, or precision instrumentation, the MU Series and Sager’s VAR Program deliver a faster, more reliable path from concept to production.

Ready to configure your ideal power solution? Use the joint TDK-Lambda and Sager Quick Product Finder (QPF) to build your MU Series configuration, generate a unique part number, and request a sample in just a few clicks. Accelerate evaluation, simplify specification, and get a customized solution into testing faster.

Configure your MU now

Learn more about TDK-Lambda products, or contact Sager’s technical team for application-specific support.

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