A high-efficiency CMOS dc-dc converter with 9-μs transient recovery time

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 575-583

  Liu, Pang Jung ^a   Ye, Wei Shan ^b   Tai, Jia Nan ^b   Chen, Hsin Shu ^b   Chen, Jau Horng ^b   Chen, Yi Jan Emery ^b  

^a NATIONAL ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CMOS; Dc dc converter; Efficiency; Transient response

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; EFFICIENCY; RECOVERY; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

FAST TRANSIENT RESPONSE; FAST TRANSIENTS; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; LIGHT-LOAD EFFICIENCY; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; PROTOTYPE CHIP; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION MODE; SATURATION MODE;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 84880726402     PISSN: 15498328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2011.2167259     Document Type: Article

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