MULTI-STAGE POWER CONVERSION AND DISTRIBUTION
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1. A multi-stage power converter, comprising:
- at least one power source;
at least one intermediate down-converter configured to down convert a voltage output from the at least one power source to an intermediate voltage; and
one or more point of load converters configured to further convert the intermediate voltage to one or more component voltages applicable to one or more sets of processing components.
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Abstract
A multi-stage power converter is disclosed. The multi-stage power converter includes at least one power source and at least one intermediate down-converter, the at least one intermediate down-converter configured to down convert a voltage output from the at least one power source to an intermediate voltage. The multi-stage power converter further includes one or more point of load converters configured to further convert the intermediate voltage to one or more component voltages applicable to one or more sets of processing components.
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20 Claims
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1. A multi-stage power converter, comprising:
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at least one power source; at least one intermediate down-converter configured to down convert a voltage output from the at least one power source to an intermediate voltage; and one or more point of load converters configured to further convert the intermediate voltage to one or more component voltages applicable to one or more sets of processing components. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for supplying power to one or more radiation-hardened electronic computing elements, the method comprising:
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at a first stage, converting at least one input voltage to an intermediate voltage; distributing the intermediate voltage to one or more point of load converters; and at a second stage, converting the intermediate voltage into a plurality of voltages applicable for each of the one or more radiation-hardened electronic computing elements. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system, comprising:
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at least one space device; and a payload processing subsystem within the at least one space device, the payload processing subsystem including; one or more power sources, one or more payload processing assemblies within the payload processing subsystem, and at least one multi-stage power converter coupled to the one or more power sources, the at least one multi-stage power converter operating at an efficiency level above 90%. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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