A digitally controlled switching regulator with reduced conductive EMI spectra

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3938-3947

  Tsai, Chien Hung ^a   Yang, Chun Hung ^a   Wu, Jui Chi ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MEDIATEK INC   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Conductive electromagnetic interference (EMI); dc dc converter; digital control; random pulse position modulation (RPPM); switching regulator

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; PULSE MODULATION; PULSE POSITION MODULATION; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE;

DIGITAL CONTROL; DIGITAL CONTROLLERS; DIGITAL SWITCHING; DIGITALLY CONTROLLED; FAST TRANSIENT RESPONSE; RANDOM PULSE POSITION MODULATION (RPPM); SWITCHING REGULATOR; SYSTEM-ON-CHIP INTEGRATION;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 84877743570     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2012.2207650     Document Type: Article

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