A 450-mV single-fuel-cell power management unit with switch-mode quasi-V 2 hysteretic control and automatic startup on 0.35-μm standard CMOS process

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2216-2226

  Wang, Yikai ^a   Ma, Dongsheng ^a  

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

Author keywords

Direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC); power management unit (PMU); subthreshold self startup scheme; switch mode quasi V 2 hysteretic control (SMQH)

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT IMPLEMENTATION; CMOS PROCESSS; EMERGING APPLICATIONS; HYSTERETIC CONTROL; LOAD CHANGE; LOAD TRANSIENTS; LOW-VOLTAGE; OUTPUT POWER; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; POWER CONDITIONING; POWER MANAGEMENT UNIT; RECOVERY TIME; STANDARD CMOS PROCESS; SUBTHRESHOLD; SWITCHING CONVERTER;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); HYSTERESIS; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84865473595     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2012.2197235     Document Type: Article

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