Scalable digital multiphase modulator

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2201-2205

  Carosa, Tony ^a   Zane, Regan ^a   Maksimovic, Dreagan ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Converter; Digital; Electronics; Integrated circuit (IC); Modulator; Multiphase; Power; Pulsewidth modulation (PWM)

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYBRID COMPUTERS; MODULATION;

D/A CONVERTERS; DIGITAL TO ANALOG (D/A) CONVERTER; FUNCTIONAL BLOCKS; HARDWARE EFFICIENCY; HIGH PERFORMANCE HARDWARE; HIGH POWER OUTPUT; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; OUTPUT FILTERING; SINGLE PHASING; UPDATE RATES;

MODULATORS;

EID: 47249140835     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2008.927609     Document Type: Article

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