Voltage set point control scheme
DC CAFCFirst Claim
1. A programmable power converter comprising:
- at least two interfaces including a digital interface and an analog interface;
a control unit adapted to determine information relating to an output voltage in response to data received from at least one of said at least two interfaces; and
an output voltage builder adapted to produce said output voltage;
wherein the control unit comprises;
circuitry adapted to receive analog voltage data and adapted to generate digital voltage data in response to the analog voltage data, the output voltage builder being adapted to use the digital voltage data to produce the output voltage; and
,a digital processor adapted to provide control data to the output voltage builder.
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Abstract
A system and method is provided for determining a voltage output of a programmable power converter based on programming voltage data received from one of a variety of alternate sources. Specifically, in one embodiment of the present invention, a control unit is adapted to monitor a digital data serial interface, a digital data parallel interface, and an analog data interface to determine whether programming voltage data has been received. If programming voltage data has been received, the data is used to determine an output voltage for the programmable power converter. If more than one set of programming voltage data has been received, a determination is made as to which set of data takes priority. The selected set of data is then used to determine an output voltage for the programmable power converter.
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1. A programmable power converter comprising:
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at least two interfaces including a digital interface and an analog interface; a control unit adapted to determine information relating to an output voltage in response to data received from at least one of said at least two interfaces; and an output voltage builder adapted to produce said output voltage; wherein the control unit comprises; circuitry adapted to receive analog voltage data and adapted to generate digital voltage data in response to the analog voltage data, the output voltage builder being adapted to use the digital voltage data to produce the output voltage; and
,a digital processor adapted to provide control data to the output voltage builder. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A programmable power converter system comprising:
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a programming apparatus; and a programmable power converter adapted to communicate with said programming apparatus, said programmable power converter comprising; at least two interfaces comprising a digital interface; and an analog interface; a control unit adapted to determine information relating to an output voltage in response to data received from at least one of said digital interface, and said analog interface; and an output voltage builder adapted to produce said output voltage; wherein the control unit comprises; circuitry adapted to receive analog voltage data and adapted to generate digital voltage data in response to the analog voltage data, the output voltage builder being adapted to use the digital voltage data to produce the output voltage; and a digital processor adapted to provide control data to the output voltage builder. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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