Dynamic power converter and method thereof
AssigneeVolpe and Koenig, P.C.
InventorEran Ofek
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Abstract
A power converter and a method of operation thereof is disclosed including an input, an output, a sensor unit, a switched power converter, and a processor module. The power converter may convert an input power into an output power. The power converter may sense real-time measurements of the input power and the output power to determine a real-time calculated efficiency. The power converter may chop the input power into sized and positioned portions of the input power based on a plurality of determined operating parameters. The power converter may determine the operating parameters based on the real-time calculated efficiency and on a plurality of other operating factors/conditions.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- sensing, via a sensor, an operating condition of an electronic device;
- adjusting, by an embedded controller, a first value of a first parameter of a list of parameters to an adjusted first value;
- sensing, via the sensor and embedded controller, a first magnitude of a change in the operating condition;
- adjusting, by the embedded controller, a second value of a second parameter of the list of parameters to an adjusted second value;
- sensing, via the sensor and embedded controller, a second magnitude of a change in the operating condition;
- comparing, by the embedded controller, the first magnitude to the second magnitude;
- on a condition that the second magnitude is greater than the first magnitude, swapping, by the embedded controller, a position of the second parameter in the list of parameters with a position of the first parameter;
- and
- adjusting, by the embedded controller, each parameter of the list of parameters in sequential order from a first position to a last position.
An electronic device comprising:
- a sensor configured to sense an operating condition of the electronic device;
- an embedded controller configured to adjust a first value of a first parameter of a list of parameters to an adjusted first value;
- the sensor and embedded processor further configured to sense a first magnitude of a change in the operating condition;
- the embedded processor further configured to adjust a second value of a second parameter of the list of parameters to an adjusted second value;
- the sensor and embedded processor further configured to sense a second magnitude of a change in the operating condition;
- the embedded processor further configured to:
- compare the first magnitude to the second magnitude;
- on a condition that the second magnitude is greater than the first magnitude, swap a position of the second parameter in the list of parameters with a position of the first parameter;
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- adjust each parameter of the list of parameters in sequential order from a first position to a last position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.