Title :
Stability and dynamic performance of current-sharing control for paralleled voltage regulator modules
Author :
Y. Panov;M.M. Jovanovic
Author_Institution :
Power Electron. Lab., Delta Products Corp., Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Abstract :
The parallel operation of voltage regulator modules (VRMs) for high-end microprocessors requires a current-sharing (CS) circuit to provide a uniform load distribution among the modules. A good dynamic performance of the CS circuit is very important since the microprocessors present highly dynamic loads to the VRMs. Stability and dynamic performance of the CS control are considered. To assess these issues, a comprehensive small-signal model of the paralleled VRMs was developed and verified.
Keywords :
"Voltage control","Regulators","Microprocessors","Resistors","Circuit stability","Inductors","Transient response","Power supplies","Dynamic voltage scaling","Integrated circuit interconnections"
Journal_Title :
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics