Hybrid buck converter optimization and comparison for smart phone integrated battery chargers

In this work, a hybrid switched-capacitor/PWM converter is analyzed and designed for battery charging in mobile electronics. Operation of the converter is reviewed to construct a complete analytical loss model based on FET extracted parameters for an integrated circuit implementation. The model is validated with experimental results and compared with other converter topologies in the same application. The loss modeling is used to optimize the physical scaling of the power transistors to minimize total losses.

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