Design and experimentation of a novel variable frequency 48V voltage regulator module with self-sustained oscillation controller

Author

Youssef, Mohamed Z. ; Jain, Praveen K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Queen´´s Univ., Kingston, Ont.

fYear

2006

Abstract

This paper presents the performance and design of a variable frequency 30W, 48V/1.5V voltage regulator module (VRM) for stand-alone high-end servers, laptop computers, and flash memory applications. Self-sustained oscillation control (SSOC) operation is used to achieve voltage regulation and high efficiency for a wide range of load currents. It is a current mode controller for resonant converters, hence offers lower power component ratings than the conventional variable frequency controller and very fast transient response as well. Analytical, simulation and experimental results are presented to offer the proof of concept

Keywords

controllers; current-mode circuits; resonant power convertors; transient response; voltage regulators; 1.5 V; 30 W; 48 V; current mode controller; flash memory; laptop computers; resonant converters; self-sustained oscillation controller; stand-alone high-end servers; transient response; variable frequency controller; voltage regulator module; Analytical models; Application software; Flash memory; Frequency conversion; High performance computing; Portable computers; Regulators; Resonance; Transient response; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 2006. APEC '06. Twenty-First Annual IEEE

Conference_Location

Dallas, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9547-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APEC.2006.1620510

Filename

1620510