High-accuracy hysteretic current-mode regulator for powering microprocessors

Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 506-509

  Song, Chunping ^a   Nilles, Jeff L ^a  

^a NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT-MODE REGULATOR; MOBILE MICROPROCESSORS; VOLTAGE REGULATOR MODULE (VRM);

ELECTRIC LOADS; HYSTERESIS; MACHINE DESIGN; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; POWER ELECTRONICS;

VOLTAGE CONTROL;

EID: 33749529588     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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