Abstract-This paper develops the architecture of a digital PWM controller for application in multiphase voltage regulation modules (VRMs). In this context, passive current sharing and VRM transient response with nonzero controller delay are analyzed. A scheme for sensing a combination of the VRM output voltage and output current with a single low-resolution window analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is proposed. The architecture and IC implementation of a digital PWM (DPWM) generation module, using a ring-oscillator-multiplexer scheme, is discussed. Experimental results from a prototype VRM and a partial controller IC implementation are presented.
This paper describes a dual-mode digitallycontrolled buck converter IC for cellular phone applications. An architecture employing internal power management is introduced to ensure voltage compatibility between a singlecell lithium-ion battery voltage and a low voltage integrated circuit technology. Special purpose analog and digital interface elements are developed. These include a ring-oscillator based ADC (ring-ADC), which is nearly entirely synthesizable, robust against switching noise, and has flexible resolution control, and a very low power ring oscillator-multiplexer based Digital PWM generation module (ring-MUX DPWM). The chip, which includes an output power stage rated for 400 mA, occupies 2 mm 2 active area in 0.25-µm CMOS. Very high efficiencies are achieved over a load range of 0.1 to 400 mA. Measured quiescent current in PFM mode is 4 µA.
This paper develops the architecture of a digital PWM controller for application in multi-phase voltage regulation modules (VRM's) with passive current sharing. In this context, passive current sharing and VRM transient response are analyzed. A scheme for sensing a combination of the VRM output voltage and output current with a single lowresolution windowed analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is proposed. The architecture and IC implementation of a digital PWM (DPWM) generation module, using a ring-oscillator-MUX scheme, is discussed. Experimental results from a prototype VRM and a partial controller IC implementation are presented.
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