Multiphase LLC series resonant converter for microprocessor voltage regulation

Conference Record - IAS Annual Meeting (IEEE Industry Applications Society)

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages 2136-2143

  Jin, Taotao ^a   Smedley, Keyue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Current sharing; LLC; Multiphase; Resonant converter; Voltage regulator

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; RESONANCE; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

CURRENT SHARING; MULTIPHASE; POWER LOSSES; RESONANT CONVERTERS;

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS;

EID: 34948817259     PISSN: 01972618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IAS.2006.256838     Document Type: Conference Paper

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