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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2010
David L. Beck, Manor, TX (US);
Demetri Giannopoulos, Austin, TX (US);
David L. Beck, Manor, TX (US);
Demetri Giannopoulos, Austin, TX (US);
Intersil Americas Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
An auto-compensation method for compensating power regulators configured to generate a regulated output voltage. Auto-compensation may be performed dynamically by determining various coefficients of a compensation function used in compensating the power regulator, based on assumptions about the structure of the regulator and corresponding filters. The method may be used to determine at least the DC loop gain and the position of the compensation zeros, without requiring any prior knowledge of the values of the various components of the system. Furthermore, the selection of the compensation parameters (loop gain, position of zeroes) may be based on measurement of various state variables of the actual power converter, and adjustment of the various coefficients of the compensation function according to the measurements. Since no power-plant model of the power regulator is used, inaccuracies that would be inherent using any method that employs a model of the system instead of the system itself may be eliminated.