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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Voltage Regulator Module (VRM)"”.
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Investigation of High-Input-Voltage Non-Isolated Voltage Regulator Modules Topology Candidates
… the 5V plane on the system board. A so-called Voltage Regulator Module (VRM), is put close to the processor in order to provide the power as quickly as possible. Nowadays, for desktop and workstation applications, VRM input voltage has moved to the 12V output of the silver box. In the meantime, …
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High-Frequency and High-Performance VRM Design for the Next Generations of Processors
… slew rate will rise up to 250 A/ns; and the core voltage will decrease to 0.8 V. The rapid advancement of processor technology has posed stringent challenges to power management for both an efficient power delivery and an accurate voltage regulation. The primary objectives of this dissertation are …
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MOSFET Current Source Gate Drivers and Topologies for High Efficiency and High Frequency Voltage Regulator Modules
… the Moore’s law. As a result, the operating voltages of the future microprocessors follow the trend of decreasing (sub 1V) while the demanding currents increase (higher than 100A). Furthermore, the high slew rates during the transient will reach 1200 A/us. All these impose a serious challenge …
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Performance Improvements of Multi-Channel Interleaving Voltage Regulator Modules with Integrated Coupling Inductors
… necessitates that a dedicated converter, the voltage regulator module (VRM), be physically located very close to the processor in computer power systems. The efficiency and transient response specifications of the VRM place contradictory requirements on the inductance. This dissertation …
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Design of Active Clamp for Fast Transient Voltage Regulator-Down (VRD) Applications
… the 5V plane on the system board. A so-called Voltage Regulator Module (VRM) is put close to the processor in order to provide the power as quickly as possible. Nowadays, for desktop and workstation applications, VRM input voltage has moved to the 12V output of the silver box. In the meantime, …
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Control and Modeling of High-Frequency Voltage Regulator Modules for Microprocessor Application
The future voltage regulator module (VRM) challenges of high bandwidth control with fast transient response, high current output, simple implementation, and efficient 48V solution are tackled in this dissertation. With the push for control bandwidth to meet design specifications for microprocessor …
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Design of power delivery networks for noise suppression and isolation using power transmission lines
… to provide a low-impedance path between the voltage regulator module (VRM) and the integrated circuit (IC) on the printed circuit board (PCB). For off-chip signaling, charging and discharging signal transmission lines induce return currents on the power and ground planes. The return current …
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Continuous voltage-frequency scaling (CVFS)
Voltage reduction is an effective technique for minimizing energy consumption but suffers from delay penalty. Conventional methodologies require rigorous voltage regulation and workload scheduling to meet timing constraints. In this work, we observe that static CMOS is robust under low supply …
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An approach to controlling an active parallel interface between a transient energy source and a dc voltage bus
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