Patent ID: 9612637
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: G06F,H02M

Claim:
1. A system for controlling power flow between an input to a power converter and an output from the power converter, wherein the input includes a first and a second terminal and the output includes a first and a second terminal, the system comprising: a plurality of legs within the power converter, each leg including: an inductor connected in series between the first terminal of the output and a load operable to receive the power output from the power converter; and a processor operable to generate a carrier signal, having a carrier frequency, and to generate a plurality of control signals, wherein each control signal corresponds to the first switching device for one of the plurality of legs and selectively establishes an electrical connection between the first terminal of the input and the common connection for that leg, wherein a first duration is defined equal to the period of the carrier frequency and a second duration is defined equal to a number of the plurality of legs present in the power converter multiplied by the first duration, and wherein each of the plurality of control signals is provided to the corresponding first switching device once within the second duration.