• DocumentCode
    1681608
  • Title

    A Fully Integrated DC/DC Converter for Tunable RF Filters

  • Author

    Bouhamame, Mohamed ; Tourret, Jean Robert ; Coco, Luca Lo ; Toutain, Serge ; Pasquier, Olivier

  • Author_Institution
    Philips Semicond., Caen
  • fYear
    2006
  • Firstpage
    817
  • Lastpage
    820
  • Abstract
    A controllable high voltage DC/DC converter has been designed that can generate an output voltage from 0 to 30V with a 2.8V supply voltage. It is suitable for controlling MEMS and high voltage varicap devices in tunable filters. The proposed DC/DC converter uses a novel approach to decrease the output voltage by cascading two Dickson charge pumps (Dickson, 1976). It is operating with a clock frequency of 16MHz and is built in a 0.25mum Bi-CMOS technology
  • Keywords
    BiCMOS integrated circuits; DC-DC power convertors; micromechanical devices; radiofrequency filters; varactors; 0 to 30 V; 0.25 micron; 16 MHz; BiCMOS technology; DC/DC converter; Dickson charge pumps; MEMS; high voltage varicap devices; tunable RF filters; Bandwidth; Charge pumps; Clocks; DC-DC power converters; Filters; Micromechanical devices; Radio frequency; Tunable circuits and devices; Tuners; Voltage control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CICC.2006.321014
  • Filename
    4115078