High-frequency DC-DC conversion : fact or fiction

Author

Karnik, Tanay ; Hazucha, Peter ; Schrom, Gerhard ; Paillet, Fabrice ; Gardner, Donald

Author_Institution

Intel Labs., Intel Corp., Hillsboro, OR

fYear

2006

fDate

21-24 May 2006

Lastpage

248

Abstract

Rapidly increasing input current of microprocessors results in rising cost and motherboard real estate occupied by power delivery system. We show that a high-frequency switching DC-DC converter is feasible in 180nm-90nm technology processes for microprocessor power delivery. The current DC-DC converters on microprocessor motherboards are switching at KHz frequencies because of the strict efficiency requirements. We demonstrate a 480MHz DC-DC converter fabricated in a 90nm CMOS process. We also present measurement results on two high-speed CMOS regulation chips to prove high-frequency conversion is a fact

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; DC-DC power convertors; microcomputers; switching convertors; 180 to 90 nm; 480 MHz; CMOS process; CMOS regulation chips; high-frequency switching DC-DC converter; microprocessor motherboards; microprocessor power delivery; microprocessors input current; motherboard real estate; CMOS technology; Clocks; DC-DC power converters; Frequency conversion; Logic; Microprocessors; Packaging; Rails; Regulators; Switching converters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 2006. ISCAS 2006. Proceedings. 2006 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Island of Kos

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9389-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.2006.1692568

Filename

1692568