A 3MHz low-voltage buck converter with improved light load efficiency

Digest of Technical Papers - IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 528-530

  Mulligan, Michael D ^a,b   Broach, Bill ^a   Lee, Thomas H ^b  

^a NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LOAD DISTRIBUTION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

BUCK CONVERTERS; IC POWER LOSSES;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 34548817018     PISSN: 01936530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSCC.2007.373527     Document Type: Conference Paper

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