Electrical transmission or interconnection systems – Plural load circuit systems – Plural sources of supply
Reexamination Certificate
1999-09-29
2001-04-03
Fleming, Fritz (Department: 2836)
Electrical transmission or interconnection systems
Plural load circuit systems
Plural sources of supply
C307S018000, C307S028000, C307S075000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06211579
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to DC—DC power converters, and more particularly to a multiple output converter with a low power dissipation cross regulation compensation circuit for regulation of the multiple outputs using a minimal number of components.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
DC—DC converters are normally used as constant DC voltage power supplies. The desirability of having a DC—DC converter that provides a number of different voltage outputs to a number of different independent loads has been recognized. There is a continuing need for such a circuit that is relatively simple in construction and relatively inexpensive, and which provides stable voltage levels to a number of independent loads that, if desired, can be electrically isolated. With electrical isolation, noise, impedance changes, and the like from one load does not affect the power transmitted to another load.
Multiple output DC—DC converters for providing a regulated voltage have typically required separate outputs, provided by separate transformer windings as well as independent direct voltage regulating controls for each output where precise regulation is required. Schottky diodes are typically used on low voltage outputs of DC—DC converters because of the low forward voltage drop. The forward voltage drop of a Schottky diode varies significantly with current and operating temperatures. Variation of the Schottky forward voltage drop is amplified by the converter transformer turns ratio and such variation produces voltage variation on the other unregulated outputs. The low voltage outputs require tight regulation due to the logic circuitry which the low voltage outputs support, and are therefore used to control the transformer duty cycle of the converter. It is therefore desirable to independently regulate the output of the other, unregulated outputs of the converter.
Previously approaches for output regulation have been to use a linear regulator which uses a pass element to regulate an unregulated output. However, this approach requires a high power dissipation in the pass element, which requires short circuit protection for the pass element.
A need has thus arisen for a circuit for regulating outputs of a multiple output DC—DC converter which is simple in operation and minimizes the number of circuit components.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with the present invention, a compensation circuit for a DC—DC converter having a low voltage output line and a plurality of high voltage output lines applied to a plurality of loads is provided. The compensation circuit includes an adjustable impedance source connected to the low voltage output line. The impedance source generates a feedback control signal to the DC—DC converter used to control the transformer duty cycle. A sensing circuit is connected to the plurality of high voltage output lines for generating a control signal which represents variations in the output voltages of the high voltage output lines. The control signal is applied to the impedance source to thereby regulate the feedback control signal which in turn provides regulation for the high voltage output lines.
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Fleming Fritz
Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP
Lucent Technologies - Inc.
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