# US 9,520,786 B2 · Regulating device for a multi-phase voltage converter > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,520,786 B2 - Document ID: US9520786B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/561,693 - Filed: 2009-09-17 - Published: 2010-03-25 - Granted: 2016-12-13 - Earliest claimed: 2008-09-19 - Assignees: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft - Applicants: Tomas Reiter; Dieter Polenov; Hartmut Proebstle - Inventors: Tomas Reiter; Dieter Polenov; Hartmut Proebstle - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9520786B2 ## CPC - H02M 3/1584: {with a plurality of power processing stages connected in parallel} - H02M 1/15: using active elements - H02M 1/44: Circuits or arrangements for compensating for electromagnetic interference in converters or inverters - H02M 1/14: Arrangements for reducing ripples from DC input or output - H02M 3/1586: {switched with a phase shift, i.e. interleaved} - H02M: APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (transformers H01F; dynamo-electric converters H02K47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P) ## Abstract A regulating device for a multi-phase voltage converter includes a connecting element for picking-off an input/output voltage signal at a power path of the multi-phase voltage converter, and a filter, which is configured and coupled to the connecting element so as to cause the filter to output a filter output signal, which correlates to the ripple of the input/output voltage signal. A correcting unit is configured and connected to the filter and to the multi-phase voltage converter such that, owing to the correcting unit, an actuating signal is output to the multi-phase voltage converter, which actuating signal generates a change in the ripple of the input/output voltage signal. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A regulating device coupled to a multi-phase voltage converter, comprising: a connecting element for picking-off an input or output voltage signal at a terminal of the multi-phase voltage converter; a filter, which is coupled to the connecting element such that the connecting element is connected between the filter and the multi-phase voltage converter, and wherein the filter is configured to output a filter output signal from a frequency and amplitude of a ripple of the input or output voltage signal resulting from current measurement errors within the multiphase voltage converter; and a correcting unit, which is coupled to the filter and to the multi-phase voltage converter and is configured to receive the filter output signal from the filter, and wherein the filter is connected between the connecting element and the correcting unit, wherein the correcting unit is configured to output an actuating signal to the multi-phase voltage converter, wherein the multi-phase voltage converter is configured to compensate for said current measurement errors by changing, in response to the actuating signal, the ripple of the input or output voltage signal. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The regulating device according to claim 1, wherein the change in the ripple of the input or output voltage signal is one of an optimization and minimization in the ripple of the input or output voltage signal. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The regulating device, according to claim 2, wherein the filter includes a band pass filter with a transmission frequency range, wherein the transmission frequency range passes through at least one of a first switching harmonic of a clock frequency of the multi-phase voltage converter and a first harmonic of an electric machine. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The regulating device according to claim 2, wherein the filter is one of: an LC resonant circuit, an active filter using operational amplifiers, and an adaptive digital filter. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The regulating device according to claim 2, wherein, owing to the actuating signal, an actuation of the multi-phase voltage converter is configured such that the ripple of the input or output voltage signal is changed. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The regulating device according to claim 5, wherein the actuation of the multi-phase voltage converter is the actuation of a phase-offset of the multi-phase voltage converter. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The regulating device according to claim 3, wherein, owing to the regulating device, the ripple of the input or output voltage signal is changed in a defined frequency band above the at least one of the first switching harmonic of the clock frequency of the multi-phase voltage converter and of the first harmonic of an electric machine. ### Claim 8 A regulating device coupled to a multi-phase voltage converter, comprising: a connecting element for picking-off input or output voltage signal at a terminal of the multi-phase voltage converter, wherein the input or output voltage signal is characterized by a voltage ripple resulting from current measurement errors within the multiphase voltage converter; a filter, coupled to the connecting element such that the connecting element is connected between the filter and the multi-phase voltage converter, and wherein the filter is configured to receive the input or output voltage signal and, in response, the filter is further configured to provide a filter output signal based on a frequency and an amplitude of the voltage ripple; and a correcting unit, coupled between the filter and the multi-phase voltage converter, wherein the filter is connected between the connecting element and the correcting unit, and wherein the correcting unit is configured to receive the filter output signal and, in response, the correcting unit is further configured to provide an actuating signal to the multi-phase voltage converter, and in response to the actuating signal, the multi-phase voltage converter is configured to compensate for said current measurement errors by optimizing or minimizing the voltage ripple of the input or output voltage signal. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The regulating device according to claim 8, wherein the filter comprises a band pass filter having a transmission frequency range for passing through at least one of a first switching harmonic of a clock frequency of the multi-phase voltage converter and a first harmonic of an electric machine.