An SET-free, all-digital controlled point-of-load regulator for next-generation power systems: ADC-POL

Philippe C. Adell, Tao Liu, Bert Vermeire, Bertan Bakkaloglu, David Aveline

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Abstract

This paper presents a digitally controlled programmable point-of-load regulator for next-generation power systems. A novel digital control scheme was designed to minimize single-event effect (SEE)-induced transient effects. By effectively programming the loop transmission, the POL can trade off transient response time with SET robustness. The IC works with 1 to 5.5 V input voltage, 1-4.5V regulated output voltage, high efficiency (peak efficiency at 94%) and power of up to 5 W. The design was fabricated in the AMI i2t100 0.7 μm complimentary, metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) process and characterized with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) pulsed laser system.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number6092518
Pages (from-to)3011-3017
Number of pages7
JournalIEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
Volume58
Issue number6 PART 1
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2011

Keywords

  • Digital control
  • power distribution
  • radiation hardening
  • single event transients (SETs)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Nuclear Energy and Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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