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A Time-Domain CCM/DCM Current-Mode Buck Converter with a PI Compensator Incorporating an Infinite Phase Shift Delay Line
Document Type
Conference
Source
ESSCIRC 2023- IEEE 49th European Solid State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC) Solid State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC), ESSCIRC 2023- IEEE 49th European. :441-444 Sep, 2023
Subject
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Computing and Processing
Photonics and Electrooptics
Signal Processing and Analysis
Buck converters
Voltage measurement
Current measurement
Voltage-controlled oscillators
Delay lines
Regulation
Time measurement
Time-domain control
infinite phase shift delay line
voltage-controlled delay line
loop compensation
PI compensation
load regulation
Language
ISSN
2643-1319
Abstract
This paper presents a current-mode (CM) buck converter which incorporates two control paths realized in time-domain signal processing. The voltage regulation path (VRP) ensures a high accuracy output voltage (VOUT), while the current feed-forward path (CFFP) simplifies the compensator design. A time-domain proportional-integral (PI) compensator is proposed which incorporates an infinite phase shift delay line (IPSDL) and VCO in cascade. The IPSDL allows the converter to support a wide frequency range with better transient performance. Fabricated in a 180-nm CMOS process, the converter can provide a VOUT from 0.35 V to 2.6 V from a 3.3-V input and supports both CCM and DCM operations. The load regulation is 5.26 mV/A. The load-transient settling time is 15.6 $\mu$s for the output current stepping from 1 A to 50 mA, and is 1.8 $\mu \mathrm{s}$ when transitioning from 50 mA to 1 A. At 1.8-V VOUT, the measured peak efficiency is 95.7%.