A monolithic buck converter with near-optimum reference tracking response using adaptive-output-feedback

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2441-2450

  Wu, Patrick Y ^a   Mok, Philip K T ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dynamic voltage scaling; End point prediction; Output ripple based control; Reference tracking; V2 control

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC VOLTAGE SCALING; END-POINT PREDICTION; OUTPUT-RIPPLE-BASED CONTROL; REFERENCE TRACKING; V2-CONTROL;

POINT CONTACTS; STATE FEEDBACK; SWITCHING; VOLTAGE STABILIZING CIRCUITS;

FEEDBACK;

EID: 64149110451     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2007.907169     Document Type: Conference Paper

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