Voltage control

A 16 V-Output Switched-Capacitor Sigma Converter With 180 ns Transient Response and 94% Efficiency for LiDAR Receivers

A 16 V-Output Switched-Capacitor Sigma Converter With 180 ns Transient Response and 94% Efficiency for LiDAR Receivers 150 150

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This article presents a step-up switched-capacitor (SC) sigma converter with fast transient, high efficiency, and high accuracy for light detection and ranging (LiDAR) receiver applications. The proposed sigma converter combines an unregulated SC converter in the high-voltage (HV) domain and a low-dropout (LDO) regulator in the low-voltage (LV) domain, achieving …

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A 0.015-mm2 0.5-V Synthesizable Hybrid PLL With Multi-Phase Linear Proportional-Gain Paths

A 0.015-mm2 0.5-V Synthesizable Hybrid PLL With Multi-Phase Linear Proportional-Gain Paths 150 150

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This brief presents a 0.015-mm2 0.5-V synthesizable hybrid phase locked loop (PLL). All blocks including an analog proportional-gain path can be logically or physically synthesized with digital cells and hardware languages. To mitigate the mismatch and common-mode fluctuation problems of a voltage-mode phase detector, multi-phase proportional-gain paths are designed for …

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Actiniaria: Distributed Dynamic-IR-Drop-Aware Timing Monitor for AVFS With Lightweight Tentacles

Actiniaria: Distributed Dynamic-IR-Drop-Aware Timing Monitor for AVFS With Lightweight Tentacles 150 150

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Advances in integrated circuit (IC) technology have amplified the effects of process, voltage, and temperature (PVT) variations, particularly dynamic IR drop, which severely affects timing. Post-silicon IR drop monitoring circuits are lacking, forcing designers to reserve substantial static guard bands for worst-case scenarios, compromising energy efficiency. Inspired by biomimetics, this …

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BASS-PLL: A Bandwidth Augmented Sub-Sampling PLL Achieving a Wide Bandwidth Above 30% of the Reference Frequency and a Worst Case FoMREF of −247.9 dB at 3 GHz With a Ring Oscillator

BASS-PLL: A Bandwidth Augmented Sub-Sampling PLL Achieving a Wide Bandwidth Above 30% of the Reference Frequency and a Worst Case FoMREF of −247.9 dB at 3 GHz With a Ring Oscillator 150 150

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This work presents a bandwidth augmented sub-sampling phase-locked loop (BASS-PLL) architecture that features simultaneous out-of-band noise suppression by direct and multipath sampling of the ring oscillator’s (ROs) output and in-band noise suppression via an intrinsic sub-sampling mechanism, ultimately combining the benefits of over-sampling PLLs (OS-PLLs) and sub-sampling PLLs (SS-PLLs) …

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A Bi-Directional Dual-Path Boost–Buck Hybrid Converter for High-Voltage Power Transmission Delivery Cable in Humanoid Robots

A Bi-Directional Dual-Path Boost–Buck Hybrid Converter for High-Voltage Power Transmission Delivery Cable in Humanoid Robots 150 150

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Humanoid robots have great potential to replace human labors for various tasks in the near future. For a centralized energy storage system in humanoid robots, its battery pack (heart) is located in the main body while the energy is mostly consumed through its legs and hands, demanding thick wires (strong …

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A 0.4-V 32-kHz Pulse-Injection Temperature-Compensated Crystal Oscillator With Sub-Cycle CL Modulation and DLL-Reused Temperature Sensor

A 0.4-V 32-kHz Pulse-Injection Temperature-Compensated Crystal Oscillator With Sub-Cycle CL Modulation and DLL-Reused Temperature Sensor 150 150

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This article presents a 0.4-V 32 kHz pulse-injection (PI) temperature-compensated crystal oscillator (TCXO) that incorporates subcycle capacitive load ( $C_{\text {L}}$ ) modulation for frequency compensation. The proposed TCXO compensates for the crystal’s frequency deviation ( $\Delta f$ ) by dynamically adjusting the enabling duration of the additional $C_{\text {L}}$ within each …

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3D-IC Chiplet Integrated Power Supply With LDO, SCVR, and Buck DC–DC Converter

3D-IC Chiplet Integrated Power Supply With LDO, SCVR, and Buck DC–DC Converter 150 150

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With the rapid advancement of chiplet and heterogenous integration technologies, delivering power through the package, redistribution layer (RDL), and chip layers in 3-D space has become a fundamental challenge for high-performance SoCs. This letter provides a comprehensive overview of power delivery solutions, including low-dropout regulator (LDOs), switched capacitor converters, and …

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A 40.68-MHz Dual-Output Wireless Power Transfer System for Millimeter-Scale Biomedical Implants

A 40.68-MHz Dual-Output Wireless Power Transfer System for Millimeter-Scale Biomedical Implants 150 150

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This article presents a single-link, dual-output wireless power transfer (WPT) system operating at 40.68 MHz for miniature, high-power biomedical implants. The elevated carrier frequency enables a millimeter-scale receiver (RX) coil while maintaining link efficiency and output power comparable to low-frequency WPT designs. End-to-end (E2E) efficiency is optimized through global power …

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A Dual-Input Bidirectional Three-Level Battery Charger Using Coarse-Fine V CF Balancing and Frequency Foldback Control for Foldable Mobile Applications

A Dual-Input Bidirectional Three-Level Battery Charger Using Coarse-Fine V CF Balancing and Frequency Foldback Control for Foldable Mobile Applications 150 150

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Foldable mobile applications recently have been leading the battery charger to have a slim height with a small form-factor and high efficiency at higher input voltages to increase the power density. Another trend for mobile applications is the power sharing, which enables to supply two mobile devices simultaneously. To meet …

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