Phase-redundant
voltage regulator device (300) comprising: a plurality of controller phases (126A, 126B, 227A, 227B, 227C, 227D), each containing an electrically connected controller (116) to receive an input
voltage at a controller input (240) and to provide a corresponding output
voltage at a controller output (242); a
control logic (366); and a set of phase groups of the plural controller phases, which contains a first and a second phase group (374, 376), wherein each phase group contains: a common controller input (V IN ), which is electrically connected to the control inputs of the phase group; a common controller output (V1; V2) which is electrically connected to controller outputs of the phase group; at least one redundant control phase; at least one defined controller phase (126A, 126B) from the plurality of controller phases; at least one replacement controller phase (227C; 227D) of a set of replacement controller phases; and a multi-phase controller (MPC) (122) electrically connected to each specified controller phase of the phase group, the MPC being configured to provide phase fault signals (308A, 310A; 308B, 310B) and a shared current
phase control signal (I SHARE )(304A, 306A; 304B, 306B), which were received from each specified controller phase of a corresponding phase group, is transmitted to the
control logic (366); wherein the set of substitute controller phases from the plural controller phases contains a first and a second substitute controller phase (227A, 227B), wherein each substitute controller phase contains (227A, 227B, 227C, 227D): a secondary output OR switching unit (118A) which is electrically connected and configured to limit the current flow into a secondary output (206) of the substitute controller phase; a first output switching unit (217) configured to electrically connect the controller output (242) of the substitute controller phase to a first common controller output (V1) in response to a first phase enable
signal (316A; 316B); and a second output switching unit (219) configured to electrically connect the controller output (242) of the substitute controller phase to a second common controller output (V2) in response to a second phase enable
signal (318A; 318B); where the
control logic (366) is electrically connected to: MPCs (122) of each phase group (374; 376) of the set of phase groups, wherein the control logic is configured to the I SHARE -receives
phase control signals (304A, 306A; 304B, 306B) from the MPCs and exchanges
phase error signals (302A, 308A, 310A; 302B, 308B, 310B) with them; and Substitute controller phases (227A, 227B) of the set of substitute controller phases, wherein the control logic is configured to activate phase enable signals (316A, 318A; 316B, 318B) to the substitute controller phases (227A, 227B) as well as I SHARE -Transmits
phase control signals (314A; 314B) to these and receives
phase error signals (312A; 312B) from them; wherein the control logic is configured to electrically connect a substitute controller phase (227A, 227B) to a phase group (374; 376) containing a failed controller phase (126A, 126B) in response to receiving a phase fault signal (308A, 310A; 308B, 310B) from an MPC (122).