An efficiency-enhanced auto-reconfigurable 2×/3× SC charge pump for transcutaneous power transmission

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1906-1922

  Zhang, Xiwen ^a   Lee, Hoi ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge pumps; power management integrated circuits; switched capacitor DC DC converter; transcutaneous power transmission

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL; CHARGE PUMP; CMOS PROCESSS; DEADTIME; HIGH-POWER; INPUT VOLTAGES; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; PEAK POWER; POWER EFFICIENCY; POWER MANAGEMENT INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; QUIESCENT CURRENTS; RE-CONFIGURABLE; SELECTION STRATEGIES; SHOOT-THROUGH CURRENT; SWITCHED CAPACITOR; SWITCHED-CAPACITOR DC-DC CONVERTER; TRANSCUTANEOUS; VOLTAGE CONVERSION RATIO;

CAPACITORS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DC-DC CONVERTERS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPTIMIZATION; PUMPS;

CHARGE PUMP CIRCUITS;

EID: 77956205281     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2010.2055370     Document Type: Conference Paper

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