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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 1988
Filed:
May. 19, 1986
Kenneth T Small, Cupertino, CA (US);
Boschert Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
Each of a plurality of parallel connected power supplies is controlled by a parallel control circuit which measures the output current from each power supply and compares this output current to the average output current produced by all the power supplies and generates a signal representative of the difference therebetween to drive the output current of the power supply toward the average output curent from all power supplies. The structure includes in addition a switch for disconnecting the parallel control circuit of a failed power supply from the system and a booster resistor for assisting in bootstrapping the startup of a given power supply being inserted into parallel with the preexisting parallel connected power supplies.