Zero voltage switching resonant converter using 0.6μm technology

Abstract

There has been a rapid advancement in the technology for the development of high performance DC-DC converters. Resonant switching buck converter is one such power conversion topology and is designed to achieve maximum power density and the ability to regulate the output voltage for different input voltages. This thesis discusses the design of a zero voltage switching buck converter operating at 1MHz. The design is implemented on C5 process. The design accommodated input voltage in the range of 5V-8V DC and gives a constant output voltage of 3V. The output power level is 300mW.The simulation was performed on Cadence platform to verify the operating conditions of the proposed converter. Finally this resonant converter was compared to the conventional converter to verify the efficiency increase and switching losses decrease.