• DocumentCode
    1639201
  • Title

    A 233MHz, 80-87% efficient, integrated, 4-phase DC-DC converter in 90nm CMOS

  • Author

    Hazucha, Peter ; Schrom, Gerhard ; Hahn, Jae-Hong ; Bloechel, Bradley ; Hack, Paul ; Dermer, Greg ; Narendra, Siva ; Gardner, Donald ; Karnik, Tanay ; De, Vivek ; Borkar, Shekhar

  • Author_Institution
    Circuits Res., Intel Labs., Hillsboro, OR, USA
  • fYear
    2004
  • Firstpage
    256
  • Lastpage
    257
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate an integrated buck DC-DC converter implemented in a 90nm CMOS technology for multi-Vcc microprocessors. High switching frequency (100-317MHz), 4-phase topology, and fast hysteretic control reduce inductor and capacitor sizes by 1000x, thereby enabling off-chip inductors with no magnetic core and an on-chip decoupling capacitor. The converter achieves 80-87.7% efficiency and 10% peak-to-peak output noise.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; DC-DC power convertors; 100 to 317 MHz; 233 MHz; 4-phase topology; 90 nm; 90nm CMOS; fast hysteretic control; high switching frequency; integrated 4-phase DC-DC converter; multi-Vcc microprocessors; off-chip inductors; CMOS technology; Capacitors; DC-DC power converters; Inductors; Magnetic cores; Magnetic hysteresis; Microprocessors; Size control; Switching frequency; Topology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    VLSI Circuits, 2004. Digest of Technical Papers. 2004 Symposium on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8287-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/VLSIC.2004.1346578
  • Filename
    1346578