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Apparatus for multi-level switched-capacitor rectification and DC-DC conversion
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In this article, a voltage-step down rectifier topology suitable for integration on a die of an integrated circuit is described, and a switched capacitor rectifier is provided having an architecture such that an input voltage swing of the switched-capacitor rectifier was a factor N times an output voltage.Abstract:
A voltage-step down rectifier topology suitable for integration on a die of an integrated circuit is described. In one embodiment, a switched capacitor rectifier is provided having an architecture such that an input voltage swing of the switched-capacitor rectifier is a factor N times an output voltage where N depends upon the number of stages such that the switched-capacitor rectifier can provide a π/(2N) step-down voltage conversion ratio between an input fundamental ac peak voltage to the output dc voltage. In one embodiment, the rectifier is used in dc-dc conversion. In one embodiment, the rectifier is used in ac power delivery to low-voltage electronics.read more
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