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Title: Voltage control utilizing multiple PWM patterns

Abstract

A power-delivery system may comprise a load device and a direct-current converter configured to deliver current to the load device when the direct-current converter is in an on state. The power-deliver system may comprise a voltage-measurement system configured to measure, at a beginning of each measurement cycle in a cyclic measurement pattern, a voltage at the load device. The power-deliver system may comprise a power controller configure to receive, at the beginning of each measurement cycle, the measurement of the voltage, and to perform, at the beginning of a control cycle in a cyclic control pattern, a voltage-control decision in response to a change in the measurement of the voltage being below a voltage-change threshold. The voltage-control decision may comprise whether to switch the state of the first direct-current converter. The cyclic control pattern may operate at a first frequency, and the measurement pattern may operate at a second frequency.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1485058
Patent Number(s):
10097090
Application Number:
15/826,793
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
H - ELECTRICITY H02 - GENERATION H02M - APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
H - ELECTRICITY H02 - GENERATION H02P - CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS
DOE Contract Number:  
B604142
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2017 Nov 30
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION

Citation Formats

Ferencz, Andrew, Takken, Todd E., Coteus, Paul W., and Zhang, Xin. Voltage control utilizing multiple PWM patterns. United States: N. p., 2018. Web.
Ferencz, Andrew, Takken, Todd E., Coteus, Paul W., & Zhang, Xin. Voltage control utilizing multiple PWM patterns. United States.
Ferencz, Andrew, Takken, Todd E., Coteus, Paul W., and Zhang, Xin. Tue . "Voltage control utilizing multiple PWM patterns". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1485058.
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