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A Fully-Integrated Switched-Capacitor Step-Down DC-DC Converter With Digital Capacitance Modulation in 45 nm CMOS

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Ramadass, Yogesh Kumar; Fayed, Ayman A.; Chandrakasan, Anantha P.
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Abstract
Implementing efficient and cost-effective power regulation schemes for battery-powered mixed-signal SoCs is a key focus in integrated circuit design. This paper presents a fully-integrated switched-capacitor DC-DC converter in 45 nm digital CMOS technology. The proposed implementation uses digital capacitance modulation instead of traditional PFM and PWM control methods to maintain regulation against load current changes. This technique preserves constant frequency switching while also scaling switching and bottom-plate losses with changes in load current. Therefore, high efficiency can be achieved across different load current levels while maintaining a predictable switching noise behavior. The converter occupies only 0.16 mm2, and operates from 1.8 V input. It delivers a programmable sub-1 V power supply with efficiency as high as 69% and load current between 100 μA and 8 mA. Measurement results confirm the theoretical basis of the proposed design.
Date issued
2010-12
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71150
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Microsystems Technology Laboratories
Journal
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Citation
Ramadass, Yogesh K., Ayman A. Fayed, and Anantha P. Chandrakasan. “A Fully-Integrated Switched-Capacitor Step-Down DC-DC Converter With Digital Capacitance Modulation in 45 Nm CMOS.” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits 45.12 (2010): 2557–2565. Web. © 2010 IEEE.
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INSPEC Accession Number: 11684808
ISSN
0018-9200
1558-173X

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