基于脉冲跨周期调制的DC-DC变换器自适应电压调节技术

为实现减小数字电路的供电电压来降低其能量消耗的目的，该文提出基于脉冲跨周期调制(PSM)的DC-DC变换器自适应电压调节(AVS)技术。AVS技术通过追踪和探测关键路径复制(CPR)的延迟时间自适应地调节数字电路的供电电压。同时，具有自适应占空比的PSM调制模式(APSM)被用来改善轻负载下变换器输出电压的纹波和效率。实验结果显示，当负载工作频率在30～150 MHz范围内变化时，输出电压在0.6～1.5 V之间稳定输出。和传统的固定工作电压相比，该文设计的DC-DC变换器最大可节省83%的能耗。

Adaptive Voltage Scaling Technique for DC-DC Converter Based on Pulse Skip Modulation

In order to decrease energy consumption of digital circuits by reducing the supply voltage, an Adaptive Voltage Scaling (AVS) for DC-DC converter based on Pulse Skip Modulation (PSM) is proposed. The AVS technique can scale supply voltage adaptively by probing and tracking the Critical Path Replica (CPR) delay time. To improve the output voltage ripple and efficiency of converter especially in light load, the PSM with Adaptive ratio duty (APSM) also is used. The experimental results show that the output voltage is well regulated from 0.6~ 1.5 V when the operation frequency of load varies within the range of 30~150 MHz. The maximum energy saving of 83% is obtained with the proposed converter compared to the traditional fixed voltage.