Microprocessor Power Supply

At the end of the training course on microprocessor power supply design, M2-level students will be able to size and simulate a 12V/0.8V 100A multiphase converter, demonstrating their mastery of the design stages when the performance defined in the specifications is achieved.

Course outline:
    Introduction
–        Advantages of using switching power supply
    Buck converter
–        Principle of operation
–        Continuous and Discontinuous Current Modes (CCM, DCM)
–        Losses and efficiency
–        Overview of closed-loop stability study
    Boost converter
–        Principle of operation
–        Continuous and Discontinuous Current Modes
–        Overview of closed-loop stability study
    Multiphase converter
–        Principle of operation
–        Transient response performances and filter reduction
    DC-DC Converter Regulation Loop Analysis 
–        Theoretical analysis of switched systems using state variables
–        Different types of control loops
–        Considerations for the controller design
     Buck: Voltage and Voltage/Current loop cases
     Boost & Buck-Boost: Voltage and Voltage/Current loop cases

Knowledge of the operating principles of bipolar and silicon MOSFET transistors, as well as the basics of analog circuit design (Kirchhoff's current/voltage laws, passive dipoles, op-amp-based circuits, etc.).