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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Wenguang Yan, Somerset, NJ (US);
Ashraf W. Lotfi, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H02M 1/42 (2007.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/158 (2013.01); H02M 1/42 (2013.01); H02M 3/1584 (2013.01); H02M 2003/1586 (2013.01);
Abstract
A controller for a power converter formed with a plurality of converter stages, and method of operating the same. In one embodiment, the controller includes a power system controller configured to determine an unequal current allocation among the plurality of converter stages based on an operation of the power converter. The controller also includes a converter stage controller configured to control an output current produced by each of the plurality of converter stages in response to the current allocation.