Fully digital, energy-efficient, adaptive power-supply regulator

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 520-528

  Wei, Gu Yeon ^a   Horowitz, Mark ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; DIGITAL CIRCUITS; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT TRACKING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MOS DEVICES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); POWER CONTROL; POWER CONVERTERS;

ADAPTIVE POWER SUPPLY REGULATORS; RING OSCILLATORS;

VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

EID: 0033114882     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.753685     Document Type: Article

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