Voltage regulator and associated auto-loop regulation system and method
AssigneeMonolithic Power Systems, Inc.
InventorsLijie Jiang, Xiaokang Wu, Suhua Luo, Qian Ouyang
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Abstract
An auto-loop regulation system for a voltage regulator receives a plurality of pre-determined loop parameters through an interactive computing equipment, and the voltage regulator operates according to the plurality of pre-determined loop parameters, wherein the interactive computing equipment regulates at least one of the loop parameters automatically in real time according to an online loop value when the voltage regulator is operating online, and the interactive computing equipment keeps regulating the loop parameters until the online value of the voltage regulator matches with a target value.
Claims17
An auto-loop regulation method for a voltage regulator, comprising:
- step a:
- receiving a plurality of pre-determined loop parameters which are used for the voltage regulator via an interactive computing equipment;
- step b:
- operating the voltage regulator according to the plurality of pre-determined loop parameters;
- step c:
- reading an online loop value of the voltage regulator through the interactive computing equipment when the voltage regulator is operating online;
- step d:
- regulating at least one of the loop parameters in real time automatically according to the online loop value of the voltage regulator;
- step e:
- operating the voltage regulator according to regulated loop parameters;
- and
- step f:
- repeating the step c, the step d and the step e until the online loop value of the voltage regulator matches with a target loop value;
- wherein
- the voltage regulator is configured to provide a slope compensation signal according to the plurality of loop parameters, and when the interactive computing equipment is regulating at least one of the loop parameters, the slope compensation signal is configured to be adjusted therewith.
An auto-loop regulation system for a voltage regulator, wherein the voltage regulator is configured to receive an input voltage and provide an output voltage, comprising:
- an interactive computing equipment, configured to receive a plurality of pre-determined loop parameters which are used for the voltage regulator, and the interactive computing equipment is configured to regulate at least one of the loop parameters in real time automatically according to an online loop value of the voltage regulator when the voltage regulator is operating online;
- and
- a communication bus, coupled between the interactive computing equipment and the voltage regulator, and is configured to realize a real-time communication between the interactive computing equipment and the voltage regulator;
- wherein
- the voltage regulator is configured to provide a slope compensation signal according to the plurality of loop parameters, and when the interactive computing equipment is regulating at least one of the loop parameters, the slope compensation signal is configured to be adjusted therewith.
A voltage regulator, comprising:
- an interface circuit, coupled to an interactive computing equipment through a communication bus;
- a memory, configured to store a plurality of loop parameters provided by the interactive computing equipment;
- a voltage regulation circuit, configured to receive an input voltage and provide a regulated output voltage;
- and
- a control loop, configured to receive the plurality of loop parameters provided by the interactive computing equipment, and according to the plurality of loop parameters, the control loop is configured to control the voltage regulator to operate online, and when the voltage regulator is operating online, the control loop is configured to provide an online loop value of the voltage regulator;
- wherein
- the voltage regulator is configured to output the online loop value to the interactive computing equipment by the interface circuit, and the interactive computing equipment is configured to keep regulating the loop parameters according to the online loop value in real time until the online loop value matches with a target loop value, and the voltage regulator is configured to provide a slope compensation signal according to the plurality of loop parameters, and when the interactive computing equipment is regulating the loop parameters, the slope compensation signal is configured to be adjusted therewith.
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