Vertical stacked LEGO-PoL CPU voltage regulator

J Baek, Y Elasser, K Radhakrishnan… - … on Power Electronics, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a 48–1 V merged-two-stage hybrid-switched-capacitor converter with a
linear extendable group operated point-of-load (LEGO-PoL) architecture for ultrahigh …

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 …

Design considerations for 48-V VRM: Architecture, magnetics, and performance tradeoffs

M Chen, S Jiang, JA Cobos… - 2023 Fourth International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The energy demand of future computing gives rise to new challenges in high current voltage
regulator modules (VRMs). This paper reviews the recent development in architecture and …

Modeling and comparison of passive component volume of hybrid resonant switched-capacitor converters

Z Ye, SR Sanders… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Hybrid and resonant switched-capacitor (SC) convertersenable efficient utilization of both
active and passive components, and have the potential to achieve higher efficiency and …

The symmetric dual inductor hybrid converter for direct 48V-to-PoL conversion

NM Ellis, RA Abramson, R Mahony… - … on Power Electronics, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work introduces the symmetric dual inductor hybrid (SDIH) dc–dc converter topology,
which is suitable for large conversion ratios where regulation is required, such as direct 48 V …

Mini-LEGO CPU voltage regulator

Y Elasser, J Baek, K Radhakrishnan… - … on Power Electronics, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents the design and optimization of a miniaturized 48-V-to-1-V, 240-A linear-
extendable group operated point-of-load (LEGO-PoL) CPU voltage regulator module (VRM) …

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 …

The switching bus converter: a high-performance 48-V-to-1-V architecture with increased switched-capacitor conversion ratio

Y Zhu, T Ge, NM Ellis, L Horowitz… - … on Power Electronics, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article proposes a switching bus converter, an efficient and compact hybrid switched-
capacitor (SC) voltage regulator, for direct 48 V to point-of-load power conversion in data …

A Dickson-squared hybrid switched-capacitor converter for direct 48 V to point-of-load conversion

Y Zhu, T Ge, Z Ye… - 2022 IEEE Applied …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
More energy-efficient and power-dense solutions to 48 V to point-of-load (PoL) power
conversion are required for modern and future data center power delivery. This paper …