A high efficiency dual-mode buck converter IC for portable applications

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 667-677

  Liou, Wan Rone ^a   Yeh, Mei Ling ^b   Kuo, Yueh Lung ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Novatek Microelectronics Corp Ltd   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Buck converter; Dual mode converter; Integrated power management; Pulse frequency modulation (PFM); Pulsewidth modulation (PWM)

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; LITHIUM BATTERIES; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

BUCK CONVERTER; DUAL-MODE CONVERTER; INTEGRATED POWER MANAGEMENT;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 41549109400     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2007.915047     Document Type: Article

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