A dynamic buck converter with ultra fast response and low voltage ripples designed for DVS systems

[摘要] References(6)Cited-By(1)This letter presents a buck converter for the dynamic voltage scaling systems where the supply voltage is dynamically adjusted to the minimum value required by the applications. A voltage controlled delay line based PWM controller is designed to simplify the structure for the purpose of energy saving. In order to speed up the transient response, the pseudo-continuous conduction mode and the pulse division technique are used. When the switching frequency ƒ is 800kHz and the input voltage is 3.3V, the output voltage of the converter is dynamically modulated from 1.7V to 2.8V according to a changeable reference clock ƒref from 70MHz to 140MHz. A fast transient response of 5.27µs for a step voltage change from standby to the maximum operation is obtained. The output voltage ripple is less than 2mV.

[学科分类] 电子、光学、磁材料

[关键词] dynamic voltage scaling;low ripple;fast response