A Low-EMI Continuous-Time Delta-Sigma-Modulator Buck Converter With Transient Response Eruption Techniques

This article proposes a low spurious noise and fast-transient-response buck converter with second-order continuous-time delta-sigma modulator (CT-DSM). The DSM technique has the superiority of oversampling and the characteristics of noise shaping to reduce spurious noise and speed up transient response. Moreover, the transient response eruption technique uses a dynamic current compensator to accelerate the transient response. Therefore, the proposed CT-DSM buck converter reduces spurious noise, reduces the output harmonic tones, and accelerates transient response, but it keeps high efficiency, low noise, and low ripple of the traditional switching converter. The proposed DSM buck converter is fabricated in TSMC $\text{0.35}\ \mu\text{m}$ 2P4M CMOS process with a chip area of 1.32 x1.38 mm. The measurement results show that the peak noise power is -70 dBm across output spectrum, which is -10 dBm lower than a traditional CT-DSM buck converter. When the load current changes from 50 to 500 mA and from 500 to 50 mA, the transient responses are both 4 mu s, which are 7 mu s faster than the traditional CT-DSM buck converter. The maximum output overshoot voltage is 20 mV, the output voltage ripple is 10 mV, and the conversion peak efficiency is 90.4% at the output voltage of 2.4 V. These characteristics keep the same performances as or even better than the traditional CT-DSM buck converter.