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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Hariklia Deligianni, Alpine, NJ (US);
Devendra K. Sadana, Pleasantville, NY (US);
Edmund J. Sprogis, Myrtle Beach, SC (US);
Naigang Wang, Ossining, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
DC-DC power converters with GaN switches, magnetic inductors and CMOS power drivers integrated through face-to-face wafer bonding techniques are provided. In one aspect, an integrated DC-DC power converter includes: a Si CMOS chip having at least one Si CMOS transistor formed thereon; a GaN switch chip, bonded to the Si CMOS chip in a face-to-face manner, having at least one GaN transistor formed thereon; and an on-chip magnetic inductor present either on the Si CMOS chip or on the GaN switch chip. A method of forming an integrated DC-DC power converter is also provided.