Modularity for Paralleling Different Rated Power Supplies Using Multi-Phase Switching Methods
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Related Works
2.1. Voltage Droop via Output Current Feedback
2.2. Outer Loop Regulation
2.3. Inner Loop Regulation
3. The Proposed Architecture
3.1. Architecture of Multi-Phase Switching Method
3.2. Direct Switching Method for Multi-Phase Switching
3.3. Overlapped Switching Method for Multi-Phase Switching
3.4. Comparison of Conventional Methods and Multi-Phase Switching Methods
3.5. Applications
3.6. Simulation Results
3.7. Experimental Results
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Voltage droop |
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Inner loop regulation |
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Outer loop regulation |
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Multi-phase switching |
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Lee, P.-H.; Chiang, Y.-T.; Chang, F.-R. Modularity for Paralleling Different Rated Power Supplies Using Multi-Phase Switching Methods. J. Low Power Electron. Appl. 2019, 9, 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/jlpea9010001
Lee P-H, Chiang Y-T, Chang F-R. Modularity for Paralleling Different Rated Power Supplies Using Multi-Phase Switching Methods. Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications. 2019; 9(1):1. https://doi.org/10.3390/jlpea9010001
Chicago/Turabian StyleLee, Ping-Hui, Yi-Te Chiang, and Fan-Ren Chang. 2019. "Modularity for Paralleling Different Rated Power Supplies Using Multi-Phase Switching Methods" Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications 9, no. 1: 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/jlpea9010001