1.8-MHz, 48-V resonant VRM: Analysis, design, and performance evaluation

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-88

  Huber, Laszlo ^a,d   Hsu, Kevin ^b   Jovanović, Milan M ^a,d   Solley, Dennis J ^c   Gurov, Gennady ^c   Porter, Robert M ^c  

^a DELTA PRODUCTS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b DELTA ELECTRONICS INC   (Taiwan)

^c Advanced Energy Industries Incorporated   (United States)

^d IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

High frequency (HF); Phase shifted regulations; Resonant converter; Voltage regulation modules (VRMs)

Indexed keywords

HIGH-FREQUENCY (HF); PHASE-SHIFTED REGULATIONS; RESONANT CONVERTERS; VOLTAGE REGULATION MODULES (VRM);

BANDWIDTH; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PHASE SHIFT; POWER ELECTRONICS;

VOLTAGE CONTROL;

EID: 33947157679     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2005.861203     Document Type: Article

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