Distributed Power Systems: Point-of-Load Converters (Volume XV)

Foreword

About the Book

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Isolated Low-Voltage DC-DC Converters

15.1.01 : "Design of 48V Voltage Regulator Modules with A Novel Integrated Magnetics"

15.1.02 : "A Family of Novel Interleaved DC/DC Converters for Low-Voltage High-Current Voltage Regulator Module Applications"

15.1.03 : "Small Duty Cycle Concept Reducing the Conduction Losses in Synchronous Rectifier and its Implementations"

15.1.04 : "Resonant Synchronous Rectification for High Frequency DC/DC Converter"

15.1.05 : "1-MHz Self-Driven ZVS Full-Bridge Converter for 48-V Power Pod and DC/DC Brick"

15.1.06 : "A Current-Tripler DC/DC Converter"

15.1.07 : "Active Clamp DC/DC Converters Using Magnetic Switches"

15.1.08 : "Two-Stage 48V Power Pod Exploration for 64-Bit Microprocessor"

15.1.09 : "A Family of High Power Density Unregulated Bus Converters"

Chapter 2: Non-Isolated Converters

15.2.10 : "Power Management Issues for Future Generation Microprocessors"

15.2.11 : "Voltage Regulator Module (VRM) Transient Modeling and Analysis"

15.2.12 : "Investigation of Candidate VRM Topologies for Future Microprocessors"

15.2.13 : "Design and Performance Evaluation of Multi-Channel Interleaved Quasi-Square-Wave Buck Voltage Regulator Module"

15.2.14 : "Multiphase Coupled-Buck Converter ? A Novel High Efficient 12V Voltage Regulator Module"

15.2.15 : "A Family of Buck-Type DC-DC Converters with Autotransformers"

15.2.16 : "Tapped-Inductor Buck Converter for High-Step-Down DC?DC Conversion"

15.2.17 : "A Novel Winding-Coupled Buck Converter for High-Frequency, High-Step-Down DC?DC Conversion"

15.2.18 : "Quasi-Resonant Converters for High-Frequency Voltage Regulator Applications"

15.2.19 : "A Self-Driven Soft-Switching Voltage Regulator for Future Microprocessors"

15.2.20 : "Two Novel Soft-Switched, High-Frequency, High-Efficiency, Non-Isolated Voltage Regulators - The Phase-Shift Buck Converter and The Matrix-Transformer Phase-Buck Converter"

15.2.21 : "Defining New Figure-Of-Merit for VR application"

15.2.22 : "Switching Capacitor PWM Converter for POL and VR Applications"

15.2.23 : "Improved Transformer Design for High Frequency VRM Applications"

15.2.24 : "High Efficiency Quasi-Parallel Voltage Regulators"

15.2.25 : "High Frequency DC-DC Conversion using the Three Level Buck Converter"

15.2.26 : "Performance Comparison of a Buck Converter Using Shielded-Substrate and Co-Packaged Planar Inductors"

15.2.27 : "System Design of a 3D Integrated Non-isolated Point of Load Converter"

Chapter 3: Coupled Inductors

15.3.28 : "Investigating Coupling Inductors in The Interleaving QSW VRM"

15.3.29 : "Performance Improvements of Interleaving VRMs with Coupling Inductors"

15.3.30 : "A Novel Modeling Concept for Multi-coupling Core Structures"

15.3.31 : "Novel Coupled-Inductor Multi-phase VRs"

15.3.32 : "Twisted Core Coupled Inductors for Microprocessor Voltage Regulators"

15.3.33 : "The Light Load Issue of Coupled Inductor Laptop Voltage Regulators and Its Solutions"

15.3.34 : "The Short Winding Path Coupled Inductor Voltage Regulators"

15.3.35 : "Evaluation of Coupled Inductor Voltage Regulators"

Chapter 4: Two-Stage Conversion

15.4.36 : "Two-Stage Voltage Regulator for Laptop Computer CPUs and the Corresponding Advanced Control Schemes to Improve Light-Load Performance"

15.4.37 : "Adaptive Bus Voltage Positioning System for Two Stage Laptop Voltage Regulators"

15.4.38 : "Two-Stage Approach for 12V VR"

15.4.39 : "The Optimal Bus Voltage Study for 12V Two-Stage VR Based on An Accurate Analytical Loss Model"

15.4.40 : "12V VR Efficiency Improvement Based on Two-Stage Approach and A Novel Gate Driver"

15.4.41 : "Voltage Divider and Its Application in the Two-stage Power Architecture"

15.4.42 : "High Power Density, High Efficiency System Two-Stage Power Architecture for Laptop Computers"

15.4.43 : "High Power Density Voltage Divider and Its Application in Two-Stage Server VR"

15.4.44 : "Transient Analysis of The Novel Voltage Divider"

Chapter 5: Design Considerations

15.5.45 : "A Novel Current-Sharing Control Technique for Low-Voltage High-Current Voltage Regulator Module Applications,"

15.5.46 : "Improved Light-Load Efficiency for Synchronous Rectifier Voltage Regulator Module"

15.5.47 : "Switching Action Delays in Voltage Regulator Modules"

15.5.48 : "A Resonant MOSFET Gate Driver with Efficient Energy Recovery"

15.5.49 : "A Novel Resonant Gate Driver for High Frequency Synchronous Buck Converter"

15.5.50 : "Critical Inductance in Voltage Regulator Modules"

15.5.51 : "Analysis of the Power Delivery Path From the 12V VR to The Microprocessor"

15.5.52 : "Microprocessor Power Management Integration by VRB-CPU Approach"

15.5.53 : "DCR Current Sensing Method for Achieving Adaptive Voltage Positioning (AVP) in Voltage Regulators with Coupled Inductors"

15.5.54 : "Light Load Efficiency Improvement for Laptop VRs"

Chapter 6: Modeling and Control

15.6.55 : "Analytical Loss Model of Power MOSFET"

15.6.56 : "Control Bandwidth and Transient Response of Buck Converters"

15.6.57 : "Optimal Design of the Active Droop Control Method for Transient Response"

15.6.58 : "Adaptive Voltage Position Design for Voltage Regulators"

15.6.59 : "Design Considerations for VRM Transient Response Based on The Output Impedance"

15.6.60 : "Analysis and Design of Adaptive Bus Voltage Positioning System for Two-Stage Laptop Voltage Regulators"

15.6.61 : "Dynamic Analysis of Lossless Inductive Current Sensing Method for VRM"

15.6.62 : "A Novel Control Method for Multiphase Voltage Regulators"

15.6.63 : "Novel Hysteretic Control Method for Multiphase Voltage Regulators"

15.6.64 : "Novel Interleaved Hysteretic Control Method with Constant Frequency"

15.6.65 : "Control-Loop Bandwidth Limitations for Multiphase Interleaving Buck Converters"

15.6.66 : "Bandwidth Improvements for Peak-Current Controlled Voltage Regulators"

15.6.67 : "Multi-Frequency Small-Signal Model for Buck and Multiphase Buck Converters"

15.6.68 : "A Generic High-Frequency Model for the Nonlinearities in Buck Converters"

15.6.69 : "Modeling and Analysis for Beat-Frequency Current Sharing Issue in Multiphase Voltage Regulators"

15.6.70 : "High-Frequency Dynamic Current Sharing Analyses for Multiphase Buck VRs"

15.6.71 : "A Novel Input-Side Current Sensing Method to Achieve AVP for Future VRs"

15.6.72 : "Small-Signal Modeling of a High Bandwidth Voltage Regulator Using Couple Inductors"

15.6.73 : "Proposed DPWM Scheme with Improved Resolution for Switching Power Converters"

15.6.74 : "High Resolution Digital Duty Cycle Modulation Schemes for Voltage Regulators"

15.6.75 : "New Digital Control Architecture Eliminating the Need for High Resolution DPWM"

15.6.76 : "Digital Current Mode Control Architecture With Improved Performance for DC-DC Converters"

15.6.77 : "Novel Digital Multi-Phase Duty Cycle Modulation Methods for Voltage Regulators"

15.6.78 : "Off-time Prediction in Digital Constant On-time Modulation for DC-DC Converters"