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

Claim 9:
10. A power converter, comprising:
a plurality of switching tank converter (STC) modules configured to be connected in parallel and to a load, the plurality of STC modules not including a voltage feedback loop, the plurality of STC modules including a first STC module and a second STC module; and
a digital interface connected to the plurality of STC modules, the digital interface configured to share a value of a minimum output current with each STC module, the value of the minimum output current being a minimum of a first output current generated by the first STC module and a second output current generated by the second STC module,
in response to a value of the first output current being less than the value of the minimum output current, the first STC module configured to transmit, via the digital interface, the value of the first output current to the second STC module,
in response to the value of the first output current being greater than the value of the minimum output current, the first STC module configured to increase a dead time.