Current-parking switching regulator downstream controller pre-driver

An electric power conversion device, comprising:

• a voltage control mechanism that is coupled between a load and an output of a current source that provides a current to the voltage control mechanism, wherein the output of the current source is a downstream end of an inductor and an upstream end of the inductor is coupled to a current control mechanism;
• and
• a downstream controller that is coupled to the voltage control mechanism and is configured to:
• measure a peak voltage level at the output of the current source;
• generate non-overlapping enable signals for the voltage control mechanism, wherein the non-overlapping enable signals provide a portion of the current to the load and the non-overlapping enable signals decouple the current source from both the load and a current sink during a dead-time;
• and
• adjust the portion of the current provided to the load by changing a length of the dead-time in response to determining that the peak voltage level is less than a minimum voltage level or greater than a maximum voltage level.