Electricity: power supply or regulation systems – Output level responsive – Using a three or more terminal semiconductive device as the...
Patent
1998-06-12
1999-08-31
Riley, Shawn
Electricity: power supply or regulation systems
Output level responsive
Using a three or more terminal semiconductive device as the...
323280, 307 57, G05F 140
Patent
active
059458151
ABSTRACT:
A current sharing apparatus for use in a power device system having a plurality of power devices disposed in parallel relationship. The power devices each include a programmable current source, a capacitive element coupled to the current source to generate a reference voltage, a power device configured to generate an output voltage following that of the reference voltage, and a slew rate controller. The controller has an input disposed in sensed communication with the output voltage to generate an error signal and control current from the current source. The current sharing apparatus includes a system output drawer connected to the respective power supply outputs to collect a total system output and a system output detector coupled to the system output drawer. The detector measures the total output through the drawer and is operative to generate a signal indicative of the total output and feed the signal to the respective slew rate controller inputs to further modify the error signals. The respective slew rate controllers are each independently operative to compare the system output to the corresponding power device outputs and, when the corresponding power device output is less than a predetermined fraction of the system output, to increase the corresponding power device output.
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Riley Shawn
Trilectron Industries, Inc.
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