Title
Efficiency-oriented switching frequency tuning for a buck switching power converter
Abstract
Successful on-chip integration of a buck switching power converter concurrently requires the fulfillment of stringent specifications, namely low silicon area occupancy, low relative output ripple, proper transient response, whilst assuring high efficiency. The paper focuses on efficiency optimization of a buck converter suited to CMOS integration. Switching and conduction energy loss models are discussed, both for continuous and discontinuous conduction modes. Minimization of overall power losses yields an optimum law that continuously tunes the switching frequency as a function of load current. A practical piecewise linear approximation is proposed and applied to transient simulations and to compute overall efficiency. The work concludes by comparing the efficiency-oriented optimum frequency tuning law to that intrinsically obtained from output voltage hysteretic control. Numerical examples consider a standard CMOS 0.35 μm technology.
Year
DOI
Venue
2005
10.1109/ISCAS.2005.1465127
ISCAS (3)
Keywords
Field
DocType
CMOS integrated circuits,DC-DC power convertors,approximation theory,circuit optimisation,circuit tuning,integrated circuit design,minimisation,piecewise linear techniques,switching,transient response,0.35 micron,CMOS integration,DC-DC power convertors,buck switching power converter,continuous conduction mode,discontinuous conduction mode,efficiency optimization,load current,on-chip integration,output ripple,piecewise linear approximation,power loss minimization,silicon area occupancy,switching frequency tuning,transient response
Transient response,Control theory,Computer science,Semiconductor device modeling,Voltage,Approximation theory,CMOS,Electronic engineering,Integrated circuit design,Ripple,Buck converter
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
0271-4302
0-7803-8834-8
8
PageRank 
References 
Authors
1.42
2
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Gerard Villar1267.10
Eduard Alarcón239164.43
Francesc Guinjoan38420.97
Alberto Poveda44915.30