A new control strategy for power supply on chip using parallel connected DC-DC converters

In recent years, a power supply on chip (SoC) has been attracted attentions of many researchers because it can realize ultimate minimization of the power supply. This realizes higher electric power density and lower manufacturing cost. However, it is necessary to connect parallel at heavy loading conditions because this can handle smaller power per chip. In addition, switching frequency of more than 10 MHz is required for reducing the volume of the power supply. In such a scheme, the traditional analog based PWM will face the problems and a new control strategy is required. This paper proposes a new control strategy of the power-SoC based on parallel connections of dc-dc converters by digital control. We also report the simulation and experimental results of the proposed strategy. The results show that the proposed strategy works well and improves the efficiency over the wide range.