100 MHz, 20 V, 90% efficient synchronous buck converter with integrated gate driver

2014 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 3664-3671

  Zhang, Yuanzhe ^a   Rodríguez, Miguel ^a   Maksimović, Dragan ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; GALLIUM NITRIDE; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; SILICON CARBIDE; SWITCHING FREQUENCY;

DEPLETION MODES; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS; FAST SWITCHING; INPUT VOLTAGES; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; OPERATING CONDITION; SYNCHRONOUS BUCK CONVERTER;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 84934312227     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2014.6953899     Document Type: Conference Paper

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