Merged two-stage power converter architecture with soft charging switched-capacitor energy transfer

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 4008-4015

  Pilawa Podgurski, Robert C N ^a   Giuliano, David M ^a   Perreault, David J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge pumps; Dc dc converters; Soft charging; Switched capacitor circuits; Two stage architectures; Voltage regulator module

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; ENERGY STORAGE; ENERGY TRANSFER; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; POWER ELECTRONICS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CHARGE PUMPS; CMOS PROCESSING; CONVERTER ARCHITECTURES; DC-DC CONVERTERS; DISCRETE COMPONENTS; HIGH POWER DENSITY; HIGH-BANDWIDTH; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; SOFT CHARGING; SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT; SWITCHED CAPACITOR CIRCUITS; SWITCHED CAPACITORS; TWO STAGES; TWO-STAGE ARCHITECTURES; VOLTAGE REGULATOR MODULE;

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EID: 52349094852     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESC.2008.4592581     Document Type: Conference Paper

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