Patent ID: 11936296
Assignee: B.G. NEGEV TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS LTD., AT BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. The controller according to claim 1, wherein an active number of phases is optimized by the PCO by the steps of:
a. on power up, turning on all phases;
b. monitoring an average current reference signal at a voltage compensator output, to determine an optimal phase count;
c. taking over the current reference signal of a specific phase to be shutdown/turn-on and issuing the relevant enable signal to output buffers;
d. return to monitoring said average current reference signal at said voltage compensator output to determine said optimal phase count; and
e. during a transient event, setting all phases to be in an active mode, and returning to monitoring an average current reference signal at a voltage compensator output, to determine an optimal phase count.