Abstract

Digital ASIC devices are widely used in networking and computing applications. This kind of devices is implemented with a short-channel technology requiring high peak currents for high complexity systems and a low supply voltage. Digital ASICs are powered by an external voltage regulator with specifications similar to modern microprocessors’ power supply [voltage regulation modules (VRMs)]. In order to reduce the number of power pins and to reduce the power distribution network (PDN) issue, Intel’s Fourth-Generation Core integrates the voltage regulators. Moreover, many on-package conversion systems are present in the literature. In this article, a conversion solution based on a switched resonant tank is presented, yielding currents up to 300 A at 0.8 V, in an area of 10 cm2, with a resonant-driving technique. The novel converter is used to validate a new linear time-periodic (LTP) system modeling approach that can be applied to generic switched topologies; this contribution yields a mathematical description of the conversion chain, in particular enabling the precise calculation of the output impedance when a switched topology is used as the last stage.

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