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On the potential of 3D integration of inductive DC-DC converter for high-performance power delivery

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Saibal MukhopadhyayAuthors Info & Claims

DAC '13: Proceedings of the 50th Annual Design Automation Conference

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2463209.2488955

Published: 29 May 2013 Publication History

Abstract

This paper studies the potential and challenges of integrating an inductor based DC-DC converter based voltage regulator module (VRM) as a separate die with processor for high-performance power delivery network (PDN). The frequency domain analysis of PDN considering the converter shows 3D integration of VRM improves PDN impedance but the effectiveness depends on the converter design and whether the LC filter is integrated on-board, on-package, or on-die with the die-stack. The methodologies to co-design the converter with PDN and packaging scenarios are discussed and implications on PDN impedance and power losses are studied to maximally exploit the advantage of 3D stacking.

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Lafage VBeilliard YSridhar ABrunschwiler TDrouin D(2018)2D Magnetic Inductors for DC-DC Converters on Glass Interposer2018 IEEE 68th Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC)10.1109/ECTC.2018.00308(2055-2060)Online publication date: May-2018
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Kar MCarlo SKrishnamurthy HMukhopadhyay SXie YKarnik TKhellah MMehra R(2014)Impact of process variation in inductive integrated voltage regulator on delay and power of digital circuitsProceedings of the 2014 international symposium on Low power electronics and design10.1145/2627369.2627637(227-232)Online publication date: 11-Aug-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2627369.2627637

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Lafage VBeilliard YSridhar ABrunschwiler TDrouin D(2018)Fabrication of 2D and 3D inductors for DC-DC converters integrated on glass interposer2018 Pan Pacific Microelectronics Symposium (Pan Pacific)10.23919/PanPacific.2018.8319015(1-8)Online publication date: Feb-2018
https://doi.org/10.23919/PanPacific.2018.8319015
Lafage VBeilliard YSridhar ABrunschwiler TDrouin D(2018)2D Magnetic Inductors for DC-DC Converters on Glass Interposer2018 IEEE 68th Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC)10.1109/ECTC.2018.00308(2055-2060)Online publication date: May-2018
https://doi.org/10.1109/ECTC.2018.00308
Kar MCarlo SKrishnamurthy HMukhopadhyay SXie YKarnik TKhellah MMehra R(2014)Impact of process variation in inductive integrated voltage regulator on delay and power of digital circuitsProceedings of the 2014 international symposium on Low power electronics and design10.1145/2627369.2627637(227-232)Online publication date: 11-Aug-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2627369.2627637

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