Patent ID: 11863064
Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. A method for controlling a power converter, the method comprising:
measuring, by a first switching tank converter (STC) module connected in parallel with a second STC module, a value of a first output current generated by the first STC module, the first STC module or the second STC module not including a voltage feedback loop;
receiving, by a digital interface, a value of a minimum output current provided by the first STC module and the second STC module;
comparing, by the first STC module, the value of the first output current with the value of the minimum output current;
increasing, by the first STC module, a dead time associated with STC cycles of the first STC module in response to the value of the first output current being greater than the value of the minimum output current; and
transmitting, via the digital interface the value of the first output current as the value for the minimum output current in response to the value of the first output current being less than the value of the minimum output current.