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13th IEEE Symposium on Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems
An integrated low power buck converter with a comparator controlled low-side switch
Vienna, Austria
April 14-April 16
ISBN: 978-1-4244-6612-2
Reinhard Enne, Institute of Electrodynamics, Microwave and Circuit Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Gusshausstr. 25/354, 1040 Vienna, Austria
Horst Zimmermann, Institute of Electrodynamics, Microwave and Circuit Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Gusshausstr. 25/354, 1040 Vienna, Austria
Here the design of an integrated buck-converter leg is presented in which the free-wheeling diode is replaced by a comparator controlled N-MOSFET. This allows eliminating the efficiency reducing voltage drop at the diode while the discontinuous conducting mode (DCM) is still applicable. For this issue, besides the control block also a fast comparator with a special offset reduction circuit is presented. A layout for a converter bridge was done and simulated which is optimized for the best efficiency at a statistically often used point of operation (3.3V output, 27.5% duty ratio, 1MHz, 170mA).
Citation:
Reinhard Enne, Horst Zimmermann, "An integrated low power buck converter with a comparator controlled low-side switch," ddecs, pp.84-87, 13th IEEE Symposium on Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems, 2010
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