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 …

Matrix coupled all-in-one magnetics for PWM power conversion

P Wang, DH Zhou, Y Elasser, J Baek… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article investigates the matrix coupled “all-in-one” magnetic structure that combines
both series coupling and parallel coupling for pulse-width modulated (PWM) power …

Balancing limits of flying capacitor voltages in coupled inductor fcml converters

DH Zhou, J Celikovic, Y Elasser… - 2022 IEEE 23rd …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ensuring that the flying capacitor voltages are balanced is critical to the operation of flying
capacitor multilevel (FCML) converters. This paper systematically explores robust voltage …

Multistack switched-capacitor architecture with coupled magnetics for 48V-to-1V VRM

P Wang, D Zhou, D Giuliano, M Chen… - 2022 IEEE 23rd …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the design and analysis of a family of multistack switched-capacitor
architecture and coupled magnetics for 48 V-to-l V point-of-load voltage regulation mod-ules …

Multiphase fcml converter with coupled inductors for ripple reduction and intrinsic flying capacitor voltage balancing

DH Zhou, A Bendory, C Li… - 2022 IEEE Applied Power …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates multiphase flying capacitor multilevel (FCML) converters with
coupled inductors for ripple reduction and intrinsic flying capacitor voltage balancing. FCML …

Vertical Stacked 48V-1V LEGO-PoL CPU Voltage Regulator with 1A/mm2 Current Density

Y Elasser, J Baek, K Radhakrishnan… - 2022 IEEE Applied …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a 48 V–1 V merged-two-stage hybrid-switched-capacitor voltage
regulator with a Linear Extendable Group Operated Point-of-Load (LEGO-PoL) architecture …

Balancing Flying Capacitor Multilevel Converters With Coupled Inductors: Multi-Resonant Dynamics

DH Zhou, M Chen - IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2025 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates dynamic balancing of flying capacitor multilevel (FCML) converters
with coupled inductors. Coupled inductors help to reduce the ripple current, accelerate …

Balancing Multiphase FCML Converters with Coupled Inductors: Modeling, Analysis, Limitations

DH Zhou, J Čeliković, D Maksimović… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates the modeling, analysis, and design methods for passively balancing
flying capacitor multilevel (FCML) converters using coupled inductors. Coupled inductors …

A Pseudo-Decoupled Modeling And Analysis Method for Interleaved Multiphase Converters With Coupled Inductors

L Wei, B Ouyang, Y Liu - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2025 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Interleaved multiphase converters with coupled inductors (MCCIs), which can increase the
power density of switching power supplies, is a research hotspot in power electronics …

Origami inductors: Foldable 3-D polyhedron air-coupled inductors for MHz power conversion

T Sen, Y Elasser, M Chen - 2023 IEEE Applied Power …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the principles of foldable 3-D polyhedron air-coupled origami inductors
and their application in multiphase interleaved MHz power conversion. The polyhedron air …