Technology road map for high frequency integrated DC-DC converter

Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 533-539

  Li, Qiang ^a   Lim, Michele ^a   Sun, Julu ^a   Ball, Arthur ^a   Ying, Yucheng ^a   Lee, Fred C ^a   Ngo, K D T ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOARD-LEVEL; CURRENT LEVELS; DEVICE PACKAGING; DEVICE TECHNOLOGIES; FREQUENCY RANGES; HIGH FREQUENCY; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGIES; MAGNETIC INTEGRATION; MAGNETIC INTEGRATION TECHNIQUE; MOS-FET; POINT-OF-LOAD CONVERTERS; RESEARCH LABS; ROAD-MAPS; STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY; TOWARD INTEGRATION; TRENCH MOSFET; WAFER LEVEL;

INTEGRATION; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETISM; MAPS; POWER ELECTRONICS; ROADS AND STREETS; TECHNOLOGY;

MOSFET DEVICES;

EID: 77952194138     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APEC.2010.5433619     Document Type: Conference Paper

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