A 660MHz ZVS DC-DC converter using gate-driver charge-recycling in 0.18μm CMOS with an Integrated Output Filter

The design and manufacture of a prototype chip level power supply is described, with both simulated and experimental results. Of particular interest is the inclusion of a fully integrated on-chip LC filter. A high switching frequency of 660 MHz and the design of a device drive circuit reduce losses by supply stacking, low-swing signaling and charge recycling. The paper demonstrates that a chip level converter operating at high frequency can be built and shows how this can be achieved, using zero voltage switching techniques similar to those commonly used in larger converters. Both simulations and experimental data from a fabricated circuit in 0.18mum CMOS are included. The circuit converts 2.2V to 0.75~1.0V at ~55 mA.