21.5 A Fully Integrated Multi-Phase Voltage Regulator with Enhanced Light-Load-Efficiency Peak of 86%, Featuring an Autonomous Mode Transition from Hard-Switching to Soft-Switching to Discontinuous Conduction Mode in 3nm FinFET CMOS

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