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US7239115B2 Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Digital pulse width modulation controller with preset filter coefficients

Assignee: Pwer Bridge LLC
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Filing: 2005-04-04
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Granted: 2007-07-03
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Expires: 2025-04-04
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Abstract

Abstract A switched mode voltage regulator includes a digital control system having a digital filter with a plurality of preset filter coefficients that can be selectively loaded into the digital filter to achieve different operating characteristics. The voltage regulator comprises at least one power switch adapted to convey power between respective input and output terminals of the voltage regulator, and a digital controller adapted to control operation of the at least one power switch responsive to an output measurement of the voltage regulator. The digital controller comprises an analog-to-digital converter providing a digital error signal representing a difference between the output measurement and a reference value, a digital filter having a transfer function defined by plural filter coefficients, a digital pulse width modulator providing a control signal to the at least one power switch, the control signal having a pulse width corresponding to the digital control output, and a memory containing a plurality of pre-defined coefficient sets. The digital filter is adapted to load a selected one of the pre-defined coefficient sets into the plural filter coefficients.

Inventors

  • 👤 Alain Chapuis
  • 👤 Dennis R. Roark

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
G; G05; G05F; G05F1/00; G05F1/10; G05F1/46; G05F1/618; G05F1/12; G05F1/40; H; H02; H02M; H02M3/00; H02M3/02; H02M3/04; H02M3/10; H02M3/145; H02M3/155; H02M3/156; H02M3/157; H02M3/158; H02M3/1588; Y; Y02; Y02B; Y02B70/00; Y02B70/10

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim 141 words
A voltage regulator comprising: at least one power switch adapted to convey power between respective input and output terminals of said voltage regulator; and a digital controller adapted to control operation of said at least one power switch responsive to an output measurement of said voltage regulator, said digital controller comprising: an analog-to-digital converter providing a digital error signal representing a difference between said output measurement and a reference value; a digital filter having a transfer function defined by plural filter coefficients; a digital pulse width modulator providing a control signal to said at least one power switch, said control signal having a pulse width corresponding to said digital control output; and a memory containing a plurality of pre-defined coefficient sets, said digital filter being adapted to load a selected one of said pre-defined coefficient sets into said plural filter coefficients.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 141 words
A voltage regulator comprising: at least one power switch adapted to convey power between respective input and output terminals of said voltage regulator; and a digital controller adapted to control operation of said at least one power switch responsive to an output measurement of said voltage regulator, said digital controller comprising: an analog-to-digital converter providing a digital error signal representing a difference between said output measurement and a reference value; a digital filter having a transfer function defined by plural filter coefficients; a digital pulse width modulator providing a control signal to said at least one power switch, said control signal having a pulse width corresponding to said digital control output; and a memory containing a plurality of pre-defined coefficient sets, said digital filter being adapted to load a selected one of said pre-defined coefficient sets into said plural filter coefficients.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 41 words
The voltage regulator of claim 1 , wherein said digital controller further comprises a multiplexer operatively coupled to said memory and to said digital filter and adapted to select one of said pre-defined coefficient sets in response to a control signal.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 30 words
The voltage regulator of claim 2 , wherein said digital controller further comprises a selector adapted to provide said control signal to said multiplexer in response to an address signal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 17 words
The voltage regulator of claim 3 , wherein said address signal is received from an external host.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 19 words
The voltage regulator of claim 3 , wherein said address signal is defined by at least one external resistor.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 113 words
The voltage regulator of claim 1 , wherein said digital filter provides the following transfer function H(z): H ⁡ ( z ) = PWM ⁡ ( z ) VEd ⁡ ( z ) = C 0 + C 1 · z - 1 + C 2 · z - 2 + C 3 · z - 3 1 - B 1 · z - 1 - B 2 · z - 2 - B 3 · z - 3 wherein PWM(z) is the digital control output, VEd(z) is the error signal, C 0. . . C 3 are input side coefficients, and B 1 . . . B 3 are output side coefficients.
Claim 8
Independent Claim 126 words
A method of controlling a voltage regulator comprising at least one power switch adapted to convey power between input and output terminals of said voltage regulator, said method comprising: receiving an output measurement of said voltage regulator; sampling said output measurement to provide a digital error signal representing a difference between said output measurement and a reference value; filtering said digital error signal to provide a digital control output based on a transfer function defined by plural filter coefficients; providing a control signal to said at least one power switch, said control signal having a pulse width corresponding to said digital control output; storing a plurality of pre-defined coefficient sets; and selectively loading a selected one of said pre-defined coefficient sets into said plural filter coefficients.
Claim 9
Independent Claim 126 words
A method of controlling a voltage regulator comprising at least one power switch adapted to convey power between input and output terminals of said voltage regulator, said method comprising: receiving an output measurement of said voltage regulator; sampling said output measurement to provide a digital error signal representing a difference between said output measurement and a reference value; filtering said digital error signal to provide a digital control output based on a transfer function defined by plural filter coefficients; providing a control signal to said at least one power switch, said control signal having a pulse width corresponding to said digital control output; storing a plurality of pre-defined coefficient sets; and selectively loading a selected one of said pre-defined coefficient sets into said plural filter coefficients.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 29 words
The method of claim 7 , wherein said selectively loading step further comprising selecting said one of said pre-defined coefficient sets in response to an externally provided address signal.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 30 words
The method of claim 7 , wherein said selectively loading step further comprising selecting said one of said pre-defined coefficient sets in response to at least one externally coupled resistor.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 120 words
The method of claim 7 , wherein said filtering step further comprising filtering said digital error signal using the following transfer function H(z): H ⁡ ( z ) = PWM ⁡ ( z ) VEd ⁡ ( z ) = C 0 + C 1 · z - 1 + C 2 · z - 2 + C 3 · z - 3 1 - B 1 · z - 1 - B 2 · z - 2 - B 3 · z - 3 wherein PWM(z) is the digital control output, VEd(z) is the error signal, C 0 . . . C 3 are input side coefficients, and B 1 . . . B 3 are output side coefficients.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 128 words
A voltage regulator comprising: at least one power switch adapted to convey power between respective input and output terminals of said voltage regulator; and a digital controller adapted to control operation of said at least one power switch responsive to an output measurement of said voltage regulator, said digital controller comprising: an analog-to-digital converter providing a digital error signal representing a difference between said output measurement and a reference value; a digital filter having a transfer function defined by plural filter coefficients and means for selecting said plural filter coefficients from among a plurality of pre-defined coefficient sets; and a digital pulse width modulator providing a control signal to said at least one power switch, said control signal having a pulse width corresponding to said digital control output.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 128 words
A voltage regulator comprising: at least one power switch adapted to convey power between respective input and output terminals of said voltage regulator; and a digital controller adapted to control operation of said at least one power switch responsive to an output measurement of said voltage regulator, said digital controller comprising: an analog-to-digital converter providing a digital error signal representing a difference between said output measurement and a reference value; a digital filter having a transfer function defined by plural filter coefficients and means for selecting said plural filter coefficients from among a plurality of pre-defined coefficient sets; and a digital pulse width modulator providing a control signal to said at least one power switch, said control signal having a pulse width corresponding to said digital control output.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 51 words
The voltage regulator of claim 11 , wherein said selecting means further comprises a memory containing said plurality of pre-defined coefficient sets and a multiplexer operatively coupled to said memory and to said digital filter and adapted to select one of said pre-defined coefficient sets in response to a control signal.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 30 words
The voltage regulator of claim 12 , wherein said digital controller further comprises a selector adapted to provide said control signal to said multiplexer in response to an address signal.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 17 words
The voltage regulator of claim 13 , wherein said address signal is received from an external host.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 19 words
The voltage regulator of claim 13 , wherein said address signal is defined by at least one external resistor.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 114 words
The voltage regulator of claim 11 , wherein said digital filter provides the following transfer function H(z): H ⁡ ( z ) = PWM ⁡ ( z ) VEd ⁡ ( z ) = C 0 + C 1 · z - 1 + C 2 · z - 2 + C 3 · z - 3 1 - B 1 · z - 1 - B 2 · z - 2 - B 3 · z - 3 wherein PWM(z) is the digital control output, VEd(z) is the error signal, C 0 . . . C 3 are input side coefficients, and B 1 . . . B 3 are output side coefficients.

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