ISSCC 2025
Session 21
Power Management
A Dual-Input Bidirectional 3-Level Battery Charger with Coarse-Fine VCF Balancing and Wide VCR for Foldable Mobile Applications
Jeongdu Yoo, Ho-Sung Son, Youngwoo Chung, Dong-Joon Kim, Youngwoo Park, Byeonghyeon Jin, Sungkyu Cho, Minkyu Kwon, Kyungmin Park, Daewoong Cho, Jung Wook Heo, Sungwoo Lee, Sungwoo Moon, Hyoung-Seok Oh, Hwayeal Yu Samsung
ISSCC 2025
Session 21
Power Management
A 12A 89.3% Peak Efficiency and 26mV Undershoot 12-to-1V Two-Stage Converter with Regulated Resonant Switched-Capacitor Regulators
require a large output current at sub-1V voltages. On the other hand, the input voltage of power converters must be raised to ease the I2R loss on the system voltage bus. The high input voltage and large output current r
ISSCC 2024
Session 8
Power Management
A 96.5% Peak Efficiency Duty-Independent DC-DC Step-Up Converter with Low Input-Level Voltage Stress and Mode-Adaptive Inductor Current Reduction
to efficiently convert a low input voltage (VIN) to a higher output voltage (VOUT) in USB- or battery-powered mobile systems, including battery chargers (10 to 13V), OLED drivers (5 to 13V), etc. The conventional boost co
ISSCC 2024
Session 8
Power Management
A 97.18% Peak-Efficiency Asymmetrically Implemented Dual-phase (AID) Converter with a full Voltage-Conversion Ratio (VCR) between 0-and-1
smaller and need to achieve a higher performance, a DC-DC converter using a small-size inductor (L) has become necessary. Accordingly, as shown in Fig. 8.8.1, previous researches have suggested various methods to achieve
ISSCC 2024
Session 8
Power Management
A 92.7% Peak Efficiency 12V-to-60V Input to 1.2V Output Hybrid DC-DC Converter Based on a Series-Parallel-Connected Switched Capacitor
automotive applications for a higher efficiency power system. Accordingly, an ultra-low voltage-conversion-ratio (VCR) buck converter is in great demand. Previous ultra-low VCR buck converters use flying capacitors (CFs) a
ISSCC 2024
Session 8
Power Management
An Integrated Dual-side Series/Parallel Piezoelectric Resonator-based 20-to-2.2V DC-DC Converter Achieving a 310% Loss Reduction
CEA-Léti, Grenoble, France 1 2 Piezoelectric resonators (PRs) have recently emerged as an attractive substitute for inductors to process energy in DC-DC converters, due to their low-volume planar formfactors, superior vo
ISSCC 2024
Session 8
Power Management
A Fast-Transient 3-Fine-Level Buck-Boost Hybrid DC-DC Converter with Half-Voltage-Stress on All Switches and 98.2% Peak Efficiency
Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China 1 Figure 8.4.3 exhibits the overall structure of the proposed buck-boost converter including the power stage and control stage. All circuits are implemented
ISSCC 2024
Session 8
Power Management
A Li-ion-Battery-Input 1-to-6V-Output Bootstrap-Free Hybrid Buck-or-Boost Converter Without RHP Zero Achieving 97.3% Peak Efficiency 6μs Recovery Time and 1.13μs/V DVS Rate
today’s mobile devices, buck-boost converters are widely used to convert the Li-ion battery voltage (VIN), typically ranging from 2.7 to 4.2V, to the specific output voltage (VO) levels required by various modules. While
ISSCC 2024
Session 8
Power Management
A 96.9%-Peak-Efficiency Bilaterally-Symmetrical Hybrid Buck-Boost Converter Featuring Seamless Single-Mode
use batteries. It works by regulating the output voltage (VO = 3.4V) with a specific voltage conversion ratio (M = VO/VIN), given a supplied voltage (VIN = 2.7 ~ 4.2V) that fluctuates based on the battery’s state-of-charge
ISSCC 2024
Session 8
Power Management
A 48V-to-5V Buck Converter with Triple EMI Suppression Circuit Meeting CISPR 25 Automotive Standards existing at VSW can be largely suppressed, which reduces high-frequency EMI amplitude (bottom right of Fig. 8.11.2).
Rong-Bin Guo1, Hsing-Yen Tsai1, Ke-Horng Chen1, Kuo-Lin Zeng1,2, Ying-Hsi Lin3, Shian-Ru Lin3, Tsung-Yen Tsai3 1 1 1 1 National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan Chip-GaN Power Semiconductor, Hsinchu, Taiw
ISSCC 2024
Session 8
Power Management
A 5V-to-150V Input-Parallel Output-Series Hybrid DC-DC Boost Converter Achieving 76.4mW/mg Power Density and 80% Peak Efficiency
essential for biomedical, optics, sensing and diagnostics applications. For realizing an ultrahigh VCR, the conventional boost converter would result in a large duty ratio D, a large inductor current IL and thus a signifi
ISSCC 2024
Session 8
Power Management
A 94.5%-Peak-Efficiency 3.99W/mm2-Power-Density Single-Inductor Bipolar-Output Converter with a Concise PWM Control for AMOLED Displays
Hefei CLT Microelectronics, Hefei, China *Equally Credited Authors (ECAs) 1 2 DC-DC converters with bipolar outputs are widely used to drive AMOLED displays in battery-powered electronic devices. To prolong the battery l
ISSCC 2024
Session 32
Power Management
A 27.8-to-38.7GHz Load-Modulated Balanced Power Amplifier with Scalable 7-to-1 Load-Modulated Power-Combine Network Achieving 27.2dBm Output Power and 28.8%/23.2%/16.3%/11.9% Peak/6/9/12dB Back-Off Efficiency
demand for multi-Gb/s data-rates has accelerated the rapid development and standardization of the 5G technology, particularly in the mm-wave bands [1-11]. With 5G, there is a significant anticipation for the widespread ut
ISSCC 2024
Session 32
Power Management
A 76-to-81GHz Direct-Digital 7b 14GS/s Double-Balanced I/Q Mixing-DAC Radar-Waveform Synthesizer
require virtual MIMO antenna arrays with hundreds of elements. To operate such arrays without compromising range and velocity resolution and to have a sufficient SNR for a longrange operation, FMCW MIMO radars require fas
ISSCC 2024
Session 32
Power Management
E-band (71-to-86GHz) GaN Power Amplifier with 4.37W Output Power and 18.5% PAE for 5G Backhaul
Ericsson, Gothenburg, Sweden 3 University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany 1 2 Wireless data traffic has experienced explosive growth in recent years, primarily due to the commercialization of 5G networks. To keep up with t
ISSCC 2024
Session 32
Power Management
A 67.8-to-108.2GHz Power Amplifier with a Three-CoupledLine-Based Complementary-Gain-Boosting Technique Achieving 442GHz GBW and 23.1% peak PAE gain response of the input stage is also boosted at a high frequency to further compensate for the gain slope of the power stage and for enhancing the total bandwidth.
Weiping Wu, Xun Bao, Shulan Chen, Yan Wang, Lei Zhang The schematic of the prototype PA using the proposed TCL-based CGB technique is shown in Fig. 32.4.3. The PA consists of a CS output stage, a TCL-based CGB driver sta
ISSCC 2024
Session 32
Power Management
A Load-Variation-Tolerant Doherty Power Amplifier with Dual-Adaptive-Bias Scheme for 5G Handsets
In modern mobile communications, a high peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) and a broadband bandwidth are essential for realizing high data-rate communication links. However, a high amplifier efficiency is crucial for a lon
ISSCC 2024
Session 32
Power Management
A 24.25-to-29.5GHz Extremely Compact Doherty Power Amplifier with Differential-Breaking Phase Offset Achieving 23.7% PAEavg for 5G Base-Station Transceivers
Taewan Kim, Jinhyun Kim, Woojae Lee, Jae-hong Park, Kihyun Kim, Dong-hyun Lee, Sangho Lee, Jeong Ho Lee, Ji Hoon Kim, Younghwan Kim, Sangyong Park, Bohee Suh, Soyoung Oh, Dongsoo Lee, Sehyug Jeon, Juho Son, Sung-gi Yang
ISSCC 2024
Session 32
Power Management
A Compact Broadband VSWR-Resilient True-Power-and-Gain Sensor with Dynamic-Range Compensation for Phased-Array Applications
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA *Equally Credited Authors (ECAs) 1 2 With the rapid growth of mm-wave wireless technologies, phased arrays are essential to meet the stringent link-budget requirements under p
ISSCC 2024
Session 32
Power Management
A 47GHz 4-way Doherty PA with 23.7dBm P1dB and 21.7% / 13.1% PAE at 6 / 12dB Back-off Supporting 2000MHz 5G NR 64-QAM OFDM
*Equally Credited Authors (ECAs) As mm-wave 5G continues to advance in the 28 and 38GHz bands (n257 to n261), the ever-increasing demand for data-rates is also driving 5G expansion to higher frequencies, such as the 47GH
ISSCC 2024
Session 31
Power Management
An 85-264Vac to 3-4.2Vdc 1.05W Capacitive Power Converter with Idle Power Reduction and 4-Phase 1/10X SC Converter Achieving 5.11mW Quiescent Power and 78.2% Peak Efficiency
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China 3 Iowa State University, Ames, IA 1 2 Smart homes and smart buildings require numerous offline devices such as IoT nodes, object sensors, smoke detectors, etc. Those device
ISSCC 2024
Session 31
Power Management
A 11.7W 9mV/A-Cross-Regulation Single-Inductor TripleOutput Buck Converter Using Unordered Power-Distributive Control for a 2A Load Transient
Single-inductor multiple-output (SIMO) converters, capable of providing multiple outputs from just one inductor, are highly favorable in cost- and size-constrained applications such as mobile devices. However, they inher
ISSCC 2024
Session 31
Power Management
A 3.6W 16V-Output 180ns-Response-Time 94%-Efficiency SC Sigma Converter with Output Impedance Compensation and Ripple Mitigation for LiDAR Driver Applications
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China 3 Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands 4 Tsinghua University, Beijing, China *Equally Credited Authors (ECAs) 1 2 The rapid adoption of light detection a
ISSCC 2024
Session 31
Power Management
A SIDO/DISO VCF-Step-Reconfigurable Continuously ScalableConversion-Ratio SC Converter Achieving 91.4%/92.6% Peak Efficiency and Almost-lossless Channel Switching
University of Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal 1 2 In an energy harvesting (EH) system for the internet of things (IoT), the input voltage VIN may vary within a wide range, e.g., from 0.3 to 1.8V from a solar cell, while the bat
ISSCC 2024
Session 31
Power Management
% Efficiency 1200V-to-48V LLC Converter with CC/CV Mode Charging Compliant with EVSE Level 1
Yu-Ting Huang1, Xiao-Quan Wu1, Ke-Horng Chen1, Kuo-Lin Zeng1,2, Ying-Hsi Lin3, Shian-Ru Lin3, Tsung-Yen Tsai3 National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan Chip-GaN Power Semiconductor, Hsinchu, Taiwan 3 Real
ISSCC 2024
Session 31
Power Management
A 950ns 0.5-to-5.5V 5G NR RF PA Supply Modulator with Floating Capacitor Control for Symbol Power Tracking
in which the output power of the RF power amplifier (RF PA) changes rapidly, the fast dynamic voltage scaling (DVS) is required in the supply modulator that provides voltage to the RF PA. In 3GPP requirements, the user eq
ISSCC 2024
Session 31
Power Management
A Ripple-Less Buck Converter with Sub -21.94dB EVM for 5G Low Earth Orbit Application
Hsing-Yen Tsai1, Rong-Bin Guo1, Ke-Horng Chen1, Kuo-Lin Zeng1,2, Ying-Hsi Lin3, Shian-Ru Lin3, Tsung-Yen Tsai3 National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan Chip-GaN Power Semiconductor, Hsinchu, Taiwan 3 Rea
ISSCC 2024
Session 31
Power Management
A Capacitor-Based Bias-Flip Rectifier with Electrostatic Charge Boosting for Triboelectric Energy Harvesting Achieving Auto-MPPT at Breakdown Voltage and 14× Power Extraction Improvement
With the advantages of flexibility and power density, triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) are promising in harvesting ambient mechanical energy via triboelectrification and electrostatic induction to power lower-power Int
ISSCC 2024
Session 31
Power Management
An 83.4%-Peak-Efficiency Envelope-Tracking Supply Modulator Using a Class-G Linear Amplifier and a Single-Inductor Dual-Input-Dual-Output Converter for 200MHz Bandwidth 5G New Radio RF Applications
Envelope tracking (ET) significantly improves the efficiency of RF power amplifiers (PAs) in mobile handsets. Most ET supply modulators (ETSMs) adopt a hybrid topology, combining a wide-bandwidth low-efficiency linear amplifi
ISSCC 2024
Session 28
Power Management
A 94.1%-Efficiency Parallel-SC Hybrid Buck Converter Designed Using VCR-Aware Topology Optimizer for a 4.2A/mm2 Current-Density FoM
pervasive trend across multiple markets, including the sector for buck DC-DC converters. One of the cardinal challenges in achieving optimized power density is navigating the intrinsic trade-off between an inductor’s vol
ISSCC 2024
Session 28
Power Management
A 12-28V to 0.6-1.8V Ratio-Regulatable Dickson SC Converter with Dual-Mode Phase Misalignment Operations Achieving 93.1% Efficiency and 6A Output
Rui P. Martins1,2, Pui-In Mak1 University of Macau, Macau, China University of Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal 1 2 The USB PD standard for powering portable computing devices is continually advancing. The Adjustable Voltage Sup
ISSCC 2024
Session 28
Power Management
A 12V-Input 1V-1.8V-Output 94.7%-Peak-Efficiency 685A/cm3Current-Density Hybrid DC-DC Converter with a Charge Converging Phase
Large voltage-conversion-ratio (VCR) DC-DC converters (e.g. 12V to 1-to-1.8V) with high efficiency and high current density are essential for industrial and automotive applications. Conventional buck converters have to us
ISSCC 2023
Session 30
Power Management
A 90%-Efficiency 40.68MHz Single-Stage Dual-Output Regulating Rectifier with ZVS and Synchronous PFM Control for Wireless Powering
Wireless power transfer (WPT) is a common non-intrusive approach to power implantable biomedical devices. In the WPT system, a tens-of-milliwatt power receiver (RX) should offer a small form factor and is preferred to pr
ISSCC 2023
Session 30
Power Management
3D Wireless Power Transfer with Noise Cancellation Technique for –62dB Noise Suppression and 90.1% Efficiency
Shao-Chang Huang1, Yi-Hsiang Kao1, Ke-Horng Chen1, Kuo-Lin Zheng1,2, Ying-Hsi Lin3, Shian-Ru Lin3, Tsung-Yen Tsai3 National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan Chip-GaN Power Semiconductor, Hsinchu, Taiwan 3
ISSCC 2023
Session 30
Power Management
A Continuously Scalable-Conversion-Ratio SC Converter with Reconfigurable VCF Step for High Efficiency over an Extended VCR Range
Zhuhai UM Science & Technology Research Institute, Zhuhai, China 3 Instituto Superior Tecnico/University of Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal 1 2 DC-DC converters are widely used in energy harvesting systems for maximum power poi
ISSCC 2023
Session 30
Power Management
A 98.6%-Peak-Efficiency 1.47A/mm2-Current-Density Buck-Boost Converter with Always Reduced Conduction Loss
Hefei CLT Microelectronics, Hefei, China 1 2 Buck-Boost converters are commonly used in the Li-ion battery-powered mobile devices to convert a varying battery voltage (e.g., 2.7V to 4.2V) to a mid-3V output voltage (VOUT
ISSCC 2023
Session 30
Power Management
A 95.3% 5V-to-32V Wide Range 3-Level Current Mode Boost Converter with Fully State-based Phase Selection Achieving Simultaneous High-Speed VCF Balancing and Smooth Transition
for various applications that require a high supply voltage, including solid-state drives (SSDs), LED drivers, etc. A multi-level (ML) boost converter (BST) with a high conversion gain (CG) and low voltage rating for swi
ISSCC 2023
Session 30
Power Management
A 3.7V-to-1kV Chip-Cascaded Switched-Capacitor Converter with Auxiliary Boost Achieving >96% Reactive Power Efficiency for Electrostatic Drive Applications
This work presents a high voltage drive system for electrostatic and piezoelectric (PZT) actuators used for small-scale electromechanical applications, e.g. microrobotics and haptics. Such systems are notoriously challen
ISSCC 2023
Session 30
Power Management
A Bias-Flip Rectifier with a Duty-Cycle-Based MPPT Algorithm for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting with 98% Peak MPPT Efficiency and 738% Energy-Extraction Enhancement
Synchronized bias-flip rectifiers, such as synchronized switch harvesting on inductor (SSHI) rectifiers, are widely used for piezoelectric energy harvesting (PEH) [1], which can replace the use of batteries in many IoT a
ISSCC 2023
Session 30
Power Management
A 93.2%-Efficiency Multi-Input Bipolar Energy Harvester with 17.9× MPPT Loss Reduction
Hsinchu, Taiwan 3 Realtek Semiconductor, Hsinchu, Taiwan 1 2 Today’s multi-input energy harvesters need to accommodate different energies, such as sub-1μW from radio frequency (RF), tens of μW from thermal energy generat
ISSCC 2023
Session 30
Power Management
Single-Chip Qi-Compliant 40W Wireless-Power-Transmission Controller using RMS Coil Current Sensing and Adaptive ZVS for 4dB EMI and up to 1.7% Efficiency Improvements automotive application field, by auto-calibrating the initial threshold of the comparator
overall PTx efficiency is increased up to 1.7% depending on the PTxOUT. Filippo Neri1, Gus Mehas2, Fabio Di Fazio1, Giovanni Figliozzi1, Jure Menart1, Marcin Augustyniak1, Turev Acar2, Amit Bavisi2 Foreign object detecti
ISSCC 2023
Session 30
Power Management
A Scalable N-Step Equal Split SSHI Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Circuit Achieving 1170% Power Extraction Improvement and 22nA Quiescent Current with a 1µH-to-10µH Low Q Inductor
mechanical energy into AC electrical energy and can be a solution to various power issues related to the self-powered systems. The simplest way to harvest AC energy is to apply a full-bridge rectifier (FBR). However, the
ISSCC 2023
Session 20
Power Management
Multiple-Phase Accelerated Current Control in Bidirectional Energy Transfer of Automotive High-Voltage and Low-Voltage Batteries
Hsinchu, Taiwan 3 Realtek Semiconductor, Hsinchu, Taiwan 1 2 48V and 12V power supplies play a critical role in electric vehicle (EV) power systems. In general, 48V transfers energy to 12V to supply lidar, camera, sensor
ISSCC 2023
Session 20
Power Management
A GaN Gate Driver with On-chip Adaptive On-time Controller and Negative Current Slope Detector
Chang-Lin Go1, Shao-Chang Huang1, Ke-Horng Chen1, Kuo-Lin Zheng1,2, Ying-Hsi Lin3, Shian-Ru Lin3, Tsung-Yen Tsai3 National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan Chip-GaN Power Semiconductor, Hsinchu, Taiwan 3
ISSCC 2023
Session 20
Power Management
A Condition-Adaptive ∆f3-EMI Control GaN Switching Regulator With Modulation Frequency Envelope Tracking For Full-Spectrum Automotive CISPR 25 Compliance
Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX 1 2 As the fastest growing sector of global IC market, automotive IC industry advances quickly toward record high levels of electrification, communication, sensing and autonomous driving. A
ISSCC 2023
Session 20
Power Management
A High Common-Mode Transient Immunity GaN-on-SOI Gate Driver for High dV/dt SiC Power Switch
Semiconductor, Hsinchu, Taiwan 1 2 Silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFET devices offer better performance in high-voltage (HV) and high-current applications, such as electric vehicles, railways, and motor drives due to their low
ISSCC 2023
Session 11
Power Management
A Compact 12V-to-1V 91.8% Peak Efficiency Hybrid Resonant Switched-Capacitor Parallel Inductor (ReSC-PL) Buck Converter
Instituto Superior Tecnico/University of Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal 1 2 High power density, high efficiency, and high voltage conversion ratio (VCR) DC-DC converters are in great demand for portable devices and autonomous
ISSCC 2023
Session 11
Power Management
A 5A 94.5% Peak Efficiency 9~16V-to-1V Dual-Path Series-Capacitor Converter with Full Duty Range and Low V·A Metric
ratio, high efficiency and compact 12V-to-1V DC-DC converters become increasingly important. Double step-down (DSD) converters [1–2], also known as series-capacitor converters, offer a promising solution using the capaci
ISSCC 2023
Session 11
Power Management
A Wide 0.1-to-10 Conversion-Ratio Symmetric Hybrid Buck-Boost Converter for USB PD Bidirectional Conversion
Semiconductor, Hsinchu, Taiwan 1 2 In recent years, USB Power Delivery (USB PD) is playing an increasingly important role in the field of consumer electronics. The USB PD 3.1 extends the delivering voltage up to 48V, whi
ISSCC 2023
Session 11
Power Management
A 42W Reconfigurable Bidirectional Power Delivery Voltage-Regulating Cable
Instituto Superior Tecnico/University of Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal 1 2 The universal serial bus (USB) has become really universal in recent years, with power delivery and all kinds of data protocols connected through a si