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A 1.2-A Calibration-Free Hybrid LDO With In-Loop Quantization and Auxiliary Constant Current Control Achieving High Accuracy and Fast DVS | |
Xiangyu Mao; Yan Lu; Rui P. Martins | |
2022-11 | |
Source Publication | IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers |
ISSN | 1549-8328 |
Volume | 69Issue:11Pages:4443-4452 |
Abstract | This paper presents a high-current calibration-free analog-digital hybrid controlled LDO for large-area digital load. The proposed architecture has the advantages of an analog controller (continuous and high DC accuracy) with distributed digital power transistors (flexible and scalable for high current applications). Distinctive from the conventional digital LDOs that directly quantize the output voltage, the proposed LDO utilizes an error amplifier (EA) to pre-amplify the V $_{\mathrm{OUT}}$ error. Then, a 5-bit time-to-digital converter (TDC) quantizes the processed analog error signal subsequently transformed into a thermometer code that directly controls the distributed digital power transistors. This design can pull off high DC accuracy even without calibration. Besides, we implement an auxiliary constant current (ACC) circuit to solve reliability issues and to improve the stability under a large voltage dropout. Fabricated in a 28-nm bulk CMOS process with a 1.2-A load capability, the proposed LDO achieves 2- $\mu$ V/mA load regulation and close to 1.5% output accuracy. By employing a wide bandwidth EA and a fast TDC, the hybrid LDO can obtain a fast transient response. The measured undershoot is 70 mV with a 0.6-A load step within 10-ns edge time, and the output voltage can scale from 0.6 V to 0.9 V within 30 ns. |
Keyword | Calibration Codes Digital Distributed Power Delivery Dynamic Voltage And Frequency Scaling (Dvfs) Fully-integrated Voltage Regulator (Fivr) Hybrid Control Hybrid Power Systems Low-dropout Regulator (Ldo) Power Transistors Quantization (Signal) Thermometers Voltage Control |
DOI | 10.1109/TCSI.2022.3198268 |
URL | View the original |
Indexed By | SCIE |
Language | 英語English |
WOS Research Area | Engineering |
WOS Subject | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic |
WOS ID | WOS:000842756300001 |
Scopus ID | 2-s2.0-85136861022 |
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Document Type | Journal article |
Collection | THE STATE KEY LABORATORY OF ANALOG AND MIXED-SIGNAL VLSI (UNIVERSITY OF MACAU) INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING |
Corresponding Author | Yan Lu |
Affiliation | Institute of Microelectronics, and FST-DECE, State Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI, University of Macau, Macau, China |
First Author Affilication | Faculty of Science and Technology |
Corresponding Author Affilication | Faculty of Science and Technology |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Xiangyu Mao,Yan Lu,Rui P. Martins. A 1.2-A Calibration-Free Hybrid LDO With In-Loop Quantization and Auxiliary Constant Current Control Achieving High Accuracy and Fast DVS[J]. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, 2022, 69(11), 4443-4452. |
APA | Xiangyu Mao., Yan Lu., & Rui P. Martins (2022). A 1.2-A Calibration-Free Hybrid LDO With In-Loop Quantization and Auxiliary Constant Current Control Achieving High Accuracy and Fast DVS. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, 69(11), 4443-4452. |
MLA | Xiangyu Mao,et al."A 1.2-A Calibration-Free Hybrid LDO With In-Loop Quantization and Auxiliary Constant Current Control Achieving High Accuracy and Fast DVS".IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers 69.11(2022):4443-4452. |
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