DC-DC converter-aware power management for low-power embedded systems

IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1367-1381

  Choi, Yongseok ^a,b   Chang, Naehyuck ^a,b   Kim, Taewhan ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

DC DC converter; Low power; Voltage scaling

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL SYSTEMS; LOAD CURRENT VARIATION; LOW POWER; VOLTAGE SCALING;

ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; LOGIC DEVICES;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 34547172137     PISSN: 02780070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCAD.2007.890837     Document Type: Article

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