Overview of voltage regulator modules in 48 V bus-based data center power systems

J Liang, L Wang, M Fu, J Liang… - CPSS Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The intermediate dc bus voltage in modern data center backend power supply is evolving
from conventional 12 V to 48 V. It still requires the voltage regulator modules (VRM) to feed …

Large signal analysis on variations of the hybridized Dickson switched-capacitor converter

NM Ellis, R Amirtharajah - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dickson-type dc–dc converters have gained renewed interest in recent years due to their
best-in-class volt-amp switch utilization. In addition,“hybrid” switched-capacitor (HSC) …

Virtual intermediate bus CPU voltage regulator

Y Chen, P Wang, H Cheng… - … on Power Electronics, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a merged two-stage 48-V-to-1-V point-of-load (PoL) architecture with a
24-V virtual intermediate bus (VIB) for CPU voltage regulator applications. The VIB-PoL …

MSC-PoL: Hybrid GaN–Si multistacked switched-capacitor 48-V PwrSiP VRM for chiplets

P Wang, Y Chen, G Szczeszynski… - … on Power Electronics, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a multistack switched-capacitor point-of-load (MSC-PoL) voltage
regulation module (VRM) with coupled magnetics for ultrahigh-current chiplet systems. In the …

A general analysis of resonant switched-capacitor converters using peak energy storage and switch stress including ripple

NM Ellis, NC Brooks, ME Blackwell… - … on Power Electronics, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a general analytical framework enabling the large-signal
characterization of resonant switched-capacitor (ReSC) power converters that accounts for …

A matrix autotransformer switched-capacitor converter for data center application

M Qiu, M Wei, X Liu, H Meng… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article proposes a matrix auto-transformer switched-capacitor dc–dc converter to
achieve a high voltage conversion ratio, high efficiency, and high power density for 48-V …

300A single-stage 48V voltage regulator with multiphase current doubler rectifier and integrated transformer

X Lou, Q Li - 2022 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High-current, high-power-density 48V voltage regulator modules (VRMs) are critical for 48V
data center power architecture. In the paper, a single-stage 48V converter with multiphase …

A High Conversion Ratio Matrix Auto-transformer Switched-Capacitor Converter for 48V Datacenter Application

M Qiu, Z Sun, X Liu, K Hobbs, H Meng… - … on Power Electronics, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article proposes a matrix autotransformer switched-capacitor dc–dc converter (MASC)
that converts 48 to 3.2 V for datacenter applications. The proposed MASC is similar to the …

Multi-resonant switched-capacitor converter: Achieving high conversion ratio with reduced component number

Z Ye, RA Abramson, T Ge… - IEEE Open Journal of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a family of resonant switched-capacitor (SC) converters with multiple
operating phases, herein named “Multi-Resonant SC Converter”. These converters can be …

MLB-PoL: A high performance hybrid converter for direct 48 V to point-of-load applications

Z Ye, RA Abramson, YL Syu… - 2020 IEEE 21st …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There is an increasing need for more efficient power conversion from 48 V dc to point-of-
load (PoL) applications in datacenters. This work presents a new hybrid converter with Multi …