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The continuous trend towards higher integration of electrical circuits enables many new functions in a wide range of applications. Systems-on-a-chip (SoC) has become common, in which often most or all of the electrical functionalities are realized on one single chip. The power management is one fundamental key aspect to be considered to achieve a high integration of these systems. Compact voltage converters are required to be integrated within an SoC or close to the point-of-load. A wide range of possible system supply voltages and a high number of different power specifications of the supplied components often require a specific voltage converter for each component in an electrical system.

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Wittmann, J. (2020). Introduction. In: Integrated High-Vin Multi-MHz Converters. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25257-1_1

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