METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AN ARRAY OF POINT-OF-LOAD REGULATORS AND AUXILIARY DEVICES
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Abstract
A power control system comprises at least one POL regulator, at least one auxiliary device, a serial data bus operatively connecting the POL regulator and the auxiliary device, and a system controller adapted to exchange digital data with the POL regulator and auxiliary device via the serial data bus. The auxiliary device may include a power regulation device, a switching device, a motor control device, a temperature control device, and/or a peripheral device. At least one auxiliary device controller may be operatively coupled between the auxiliary device and the serial data bus. The auxiliary device controller may be integrated with the system controller, or may be external to the system controller. The auxiliary device controller may further comprise at least one register adapted to store the programming data, with the programming data including at least one of turn-on delay, turn-off delay, polarity of input/output signals, fault configuration, and group membership. The auxiliary device controller may be further adapted to receive monitoring data from the auxiliary device, with the auxiliary device controller communicating the monitoring data to the system controller via the serial data bus.
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62 Claims
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1-31. -31. (canceled)
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32. A power control system comprising:
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at least one voltage regulator adapted to provide an output voltage to a corresponding load;
at least one auxiliary device having different functionality than the at least one voltage regulator; and
a system controller operatively connected to said at least one voltage regulator and to said at least one auxiliary device via a common serial data bus and adapted to send programming data for said at least one voltage regulator and said at least one auxiliary device via the serial data bus. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A method of operating a power control system, comprising:
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generating programming parameters for at least one voltage regulator and at least one auxiliary device having functionality substantially different from that of the at least one voltage regulator;
transmitting programming data based on said programming parameters serially over a common data bus operatively connected to said at least one voltage regulator and said at least one auxiliary device; and
operating said at least one voltage regulator and said at least one auxiliary device in accordance with the programming data. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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