Digitally controlled current-mode DC-DC converter IC

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 219-231

  Trescases, Olivier ^a   Prodić, Aleksandar ^a   Ng, Wai Tung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

CPM; current mode; dc dc converter; digital control; integrated circuits; power management; SMPS; voltage regulators

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLERS; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; POWER MANAGEMENT; TIMING CIRCUITS; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

CONVERTER DYNAMICS; CURRENT MODE; DIGITAL CONTROL; DIGITALLY CONTROLLED; PEAK CURRENT MODE CONTROL; PORTABLE APPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTION FILTERS; SMPS;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 78650977697     PISSN: 15498328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2010.2071490     Document Type: Article

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