Trending IC design directions in 2022

CH Chan, L Cheng, W Deng, P Feng… - Journal of …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
For the non-stop demands for a better and smarter society, the number of electronic devices
keeps increasing exponentially; and the computation power, communication data rate, smart …

Design and implementation of hybrid DC-DC converter: A Review

TS Chang, H Ramiah, Y Jiang, CC Lim, NS Lai… - IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The advancement in Power Management Integrated Circuit (PMIC) has driven the dc-dc
conversion technology into a System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions, leveraging CMOS technology …

An SC-parallel-inductor hybrid buck converter with reduced inductor voltage and current

G Cai, Y Lu, RP Martins - IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a switched-capacitor (SC)-parallel-inductor buck (CPL-Buck) converter
with reduced inductor voltage and current. The proposed CPL-Buck converter reduces the …

Monolithic design of self-adaptive CMOS converter and robust event-triggered consensus control for integration of multi-renewable energy sources with battery …

M Talaat, AR Mohamed, BE Sedhom, A Wahba… - Journal of Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Recently, integrating renewable energy sources (RESs) has been one of the most effective
ways to overcome the power shortage problems due to the cumulative load demand, which …

A 1.25-GHz Fully Integrated DC–DC Converter Using Electromagnetically Coupled Class-D LC Oscillators

A Novello, G Atzeni, J Künzli, G Cristiano… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fully integrated power management circuits are promising candidates to provide small form
factors and meet high power density demand of modern computing platforms. This article …

Design of hybrid dual-path DC-DC converter with wide input voltage efficiency improvement

S Zhen, R Yang, D Wu, Y Cheng… - … on Circuits and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Type-IV dual-path step-down (T4 DPSD) converter is proposed with conversion efficiency
improvement over wide input voltage. The proposed T4 DPSD converter adopts inductor …

A Battery-Input Sub-1V Output 92.9% Peak Efficiency 0.3A/mm2 Current Density Hybrid SC-Parallel-Inductor Buck Converter with Reduced Inductor Current in 65nm …

G Cai, Y Lu, R Martins - 2022 IEEE International Solid-State …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The profile of portable and wearable devices keeps shrinking, demanding high current
density power management integrated circuits. Switched-capacitor (SC) converters and …

A flying-inductor hybrid DC–DC converter for 1-cell and 2-cell smart-cable battery chargers

C Hardy, Y Ramadass, K Scoones… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a new step-down hybrid converter topology that uses an input flying
inductor and a switched-capacitor network to generate output voltages suitable for charging …

A 1.23W/mm2 83.7%-Efficiency 400MHz 6-Phase Fully Integrated Buck Converter in 28nm CMOS with On-Chip Capacitor Dynamic Re-Allocation for Inter-Inductor …

JH Cho, DK Kim, HH Bae, YJ Lee… - … Solid-State Circuits …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For more efficient power management in processors, a high-frequency and multi-phase (MP)
integrated voltage regulator (IVR) using multiple inductors would be an ideal solution to …

A Monolithic Resonant Switched-Capacitor Voltage Regulator With Dual-Phase Merged-LC Resonator

PH McLaughlin, Z Xia, JT Stauth - IEEE Journal of Solid-State …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fully integrated voltage regulation, while important for a number of applications, is
challenging due to the limitations of on-chip passive components, particularly inductors. This …