Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Non-linear droop control
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Application No.: US15296564Application Date: 2016-10-18
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Publication No.: US10770988B2Publication Date: 2020-09-08
- Inventor: Fang Chen , Rolando Burgos , Dushan Boroyevich
- Applicant: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US VA Blacksburg
- Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Blacksburg
- Agency: Thomas | Horstemeyer, LLP
- Main IPC: H02J7/34
- IPC: H02J7/34 ; H02M7/493 ; H02J7/35 ; H02J1/10

Abstract:
Aspects of non-linear droop control are described herein. In one embodiment, a system includes a first power converter or source configured to provide power to a bus, a second power converter or source configured to provide power to the bus, and a load electrically coupled to the bus. The system also includes a controller configured to adjust a droop resistance associated with the first power source according to a continuous non-linear function based on an amount of current supplied to the load by the first power source. The system can also include a second controller configured to adjust a droop resistance associated with the second power source according to the continuous non-linear function (or another continuous non-linear function). The use of the continuous non-linear functions achieves tighter voltage regulation particularly at lower loads and better load sharing at higher loads.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170110880A1 NON-LINEAR DROOP CONTROL Public/Granted day:2017-04-20
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