• DocumentCode
    1988563
  • Title

    Assessment of direct VRM topologies

  • Author

    Ribes-Mallada, U. ; Leyva, R. ; Garcés, P.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. Eng. Electron. Electr. i Autom., Univ. Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    15-18 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    765
  • Lastpage
    768
  • Abstract
    The paper describes an efficiency comparison between two VRM topologies, concretely the synchronous buck and the synchronous cascade-buck converters. The comparison is carried out among optimal designs. The comparison is made among designs that have the same size of the output filter or the same ripple values. The paper shows that synchronous cascade-buck converter is more efficient, although the current must go through two switches.
  • Keywords
    power convertors; voltage regulators; direct VRM topologies; output filter; ripple values; synchronous cascade-buck converters; voltage regulator modules; Capacitors; Inductance; Inductors; MOSFETs; Microprocessors; Switching frequency; Topology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Rio de Janeiro
  • ISSN
    0271-4302
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-9473-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0271-4302
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISCAS.2011.5937678
  • Filename
    5937678