Title :
A Highly Integrated Power Management IC for Advanced Mobile Applications
Author :
Shi, Chunlei ; Walker, Brett ; Zeisel, Eric ; Hu, Brian ; McAllister, Gene
Author_Institution :
Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, CA
Abstract :
Wireless communication now has the speed and power to converge seamlessly with other consumer and business electronics. However, battery technology has not kept pace with advancement in circuit technology. As a result, design of power management is becoming a more complex problem for this new generation of wireless devices with converged voice, data, and multimedia. In this paper, a highly integrated power management IC (PMIC) is presented which enables mobile devices that are more cost-effective, thinner and more compact with better power efficiency. The overall architecture and system level design considerations are described. The design details of a key building block -low-dropout linear regulator (LDO) - are also discussed, including a novel frequency compensation method
Keywords :
compensation; mobile communication; power integrated circuits; advanced mobile applications; frequency compensation; low-dropout linear regulator; mobile devices; power management integrated circuit; wireless communication; wireless devices; Application specific integrated circuits; Batteries; Business communication; Energy management; Integrated circuit technology; Power generation; Power system management; Regulators; System-level design; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 2006. CICC '06. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0075-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0076-7
DOI :
10.1109/CICC.2006.320982
