An integrated one-cycle control buck converter with adaptive output and dual loops for output error correction

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 140-149

  Ma, Dongsheng ^a   Ki, Wing Hung ^b   Tsui, Chi Ying ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adaptive output; Dc level shifting; Dynamic loss control; One cycle control; Switching converter

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ERROR CORRECTION; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; INTEGRATION; POWER CONVERTERS; TRANSISTORS; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

ADAPTIVE OUTPUT; ONE-CYCLE CONTROL; SWITCHING CONVERTER;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 0742268980     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2003.820844     Document Type: Article

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