Abstract

The paper describes a DC-DC power converter for use with low voltage microprocessor loads. The control method is a hysteretic current-mode control in the continuous conduction mode which has fast transient response. At light loads, the power converter operates in the discontinuous conduction mode using a peak current control method which causes the switching frequency to be proportional to load current, thus maintaining high efficiency in a very wide range of loads. The control method implementation, transient response and output inductor design equations, and equations for designing an input filter to reduce input current di/dt are provided. An inductor current estimator which provides higher efficiency, good transient response, and current limiting, is presented. Experimental results for a 5.0 V input, 3.1 V output, 13 A DC-DC converter are included to verify the theoretical information.

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