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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2000
Dragan Danilo Nebrigic, Indian Springs, OH (US);
Milan Marcel Jevtitch, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Vladimir Gartstein, Cincinnati, OH (US);
William Thomas Milam, Knoxville, TN (US);
James Vig Sherrill, Norris, TN (US);
Nicholas Busko, Knoxville, TN (US);
Peter Hansen, Knoxville, TN (US);
Abstract
A charge pump power converter efficiently provides electrical power by dynamically controlling a switch matrix of the charge pump that includes a flying ultra-capacitor C . Instead of open-loop oscillator-based control, a dynamic controller provides power upon demand by sensing the output voltage and changing the operating frequency of the charge pump in response. Moreover, this closed-loop dynamic control intrinsically voltage regulates the output voltage of the charge pump power converter without the inefficient addition of a step-down voltage regulator, downstream of the power converter. In addition, this closed-loop dynamic control allows for maintaining a desired output voltage even with variations in the input voltage. Further efficiency is achieved by controlling the charging and discharging of the flying ultra-capacitor C , both in rate of current change and in voltage ripple.