US 2010/0064146 A1 · POWER SYSTEM DESIGN TOOL

Abstract

A power system, which can comprise multiple power subsystems (e.g., one or more power converters sources, etc.) delivers one or more rails of power to a system. The performance of a power system is thermally limited and depends on the different components' specifications. A power system design tool that dynamically generates constraints based on design specifications and power system configurations allows for robust and intelligent validation of a power system design. The power system design tool that allows for robust and intelligent validation of a design facilitates thorough designs that account for numerous factors that can affect a power system. Further, a power system design tool that generates a configuration file in accordance with a validated design, allows for efficient and automatic configuring of a configurable component of a power system.

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A method comprising:

dynamically deriving a set of one or more power system constraints based, at least in part, on design specifications for a power system design and power system constraint expressions embodied in one or more machine-readable media, wherein the set of one or more power system constraints comprise one or more of an electrical constraint, a thermodynamic constraint, and a logical constraint;
dynamically deriving a set of one or more power converter constraints based, at least in part, on data about a power converter, power converter constraint expressions, and the design specifications for the power system design, wherein the power system design indicates the power converter;
evaluating the power system design using the dynamically derived set of power system constraints and the dynamically derived set of power converter constraints;
and
generating configuration data for configuring the power converter based, at least in part, on the design specifications and the data about the power converter if said evaluating indicates the power system design as valid.

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One or more machine-readable media, having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a set of one or more processors causes the set of one or more processors to perform operations that comprise:

dynamically deriving a set of one or more power system constraints based, at least in part, on design specifications for a power system design and power system constraint expressions, wherein the set of one or more power system constraints comprise one or more of an electrical constraint, a thermodynamic constraint, and a logical constraint;
dynamically deriving a set of one or more power converter constraints based, at least in part, on data about a power converter, power converter constraint expressions, and the design specifications for the power system design, wherein the power system design indicates the power converter;
evaluating the power system design using the dynamically derived set of power system constraints and the dynamically derived set of power converter constraints;
and
generating configuration data for configuring the power converter based, at least in part, on the design specifications and the data about the power converter if said evaluating indicates the power system design as valid.

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An apparatus comprising:

a set of one or more processors;
one or more machine-readable media coupled with the set of one or more processors, the one or more machine-readable media operable to host a power system design;
a power system constraint generator operable to dynamically derive a set of one or more power system constraints based, at least in part, on design specifications for a power system design and power system constraint expressions;
a power converter constraint generator operable to dynamically derive a set of one or more power converter constraints based, at least in part, on data about a power converter, power converter constraint expressions, and the design specifications for the power system design, wherein the power system design indicates the power converter;
and
a validation engine coupled with the power system constraint generator and the power converter constraint generator, the validation engine operable to evaluate the power system design based, at least in part, on the design specifications and the sets of constraints dynamically derived by the power converter constraint generator and the power system constraint generator, and further operable to indicate whether the power system design satisfies the sets of constraints or violates one or more of the sets of constraints.

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