A common-gate bootstrapped CMOS rectifier dedicated for VHF(very high frequency) isolated DCDC converter is proposed.It uses common-gate bootstrapped technique to compensate the power loss due to the threshold volta...A common-gate bootstrapped CMOS rectifier dedicated for VHF(very high frequency) isolated DCDC converter is proposed.It uses common-gate bootstrapped technique to compensate the power loss due to the threshold voltage,and to solve the reflux problem in the conventional rectifier circuit.As a result,it improves the power conversion efficiency(PCE) and voltage conversion ratio(VCR).The design saves almost 90%of the area compared to a previously reported double capacitor structure.In addition,we compare the previous rectifier with the proposed common-gate bootstrapped rectifier in the case of the same area;simulation results show that the PCE and VCR of the proposed structure are superior to other structures.The proposed common-gate bootstrapped rectifier was fabricated by using CSMC 0.5 μm BCD process.The measured maximum PCE is 86%and VCR achieves 77%at the operating frequency of 20 MHz.The average PCE is about 79%and average VCR achieves71%in the frequency range of 30-70 MHz.Measured PCE and VCR have been improved compared to previous results.展开更多
文摘A common-gate bootstrapped CMOS rectifier dedicated for VHF(very high frequency) isolated DCDC converter is proposed.It uses common-gate bootstrapped technique to compensate the power loss due to the threshold voltage,and to solve the reflux problem in the conventional rectifier circuit.As a result,it improves the power conversion efficiency(PCE) and voltage conversion ratio(VCR).The design saves almost 90%of the area compared to a previously reported double capacitor structure.In addition,we compare the previous rectifier with the proposed common-gate bootstrapped rectifier in the case of the same area;simulation results show that the PCE and VCR of the proposed structure are superior to other structures.The proposed common-gate bootstrapped rectifier was fabricated by using CSMC 0.5 μm BCD process.The measured maximum PCE is 86%and VCR achieves 77%at the operating frequency of 20 MHz.The average PCE is about 79%and average VCR achieves71%in the frequency range of 30-70 MHz.Measured PCE and VCR have been improved compared to previous results.