Auto-Loop Voltage Regulator Tuning via Real-Time Feedback

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional voltage regulator design requires meticulous manual tuning of control loops, consuming significant time and manpower to achieve optimal performance.

Innovation Solution

An auto-loop regulation system and method that uses interactive computing equipment to receive and adjust loop parameters in real-time, automatically optimizing voltage regulator settings until a target loop value is reached, utilizing a communication bus for real-time communication between the equipment and the voltage regulator.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If manual tuning of control loops is used, then precise voltage regulation can be achieved, but significant time and manpower are consumed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevoltage regulation precisionVSAvoidparameter optimization time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The voltage regulator system performs self-diagnosis and self-optimization by automatically reading online loop values, comparing them with target values, and adjusting loop parameters without external intervention. The control loop continuously monitors its own performance and autonomously tunes parameters to maintain optimal voltage regulation, eliminating the need for manual tuning while preserving precision.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements a closed-loop feedback mechanism where the control loop continuously reads online loop values, compares them with target values, and uses the deviation information to automatically adjust loop parameters. This feedback-driven automatic optimization maintains precise voltage regulation while dramatically reducing the time and manpower required compared to manual tuning approaches.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Reliability

If manual tuning of control loops is used, then optimal voltage regulator performance can be achieved, but a lot of manpower is required

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevoltage regulator performanceVSAvoidparameter adjustment complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The voltage regulator system autonomously monitors its own operation through the control loop, which reads online loop values and automatically adjusts parameters to maintain optimal performance. This self-service capability ensures reliable voltage regulation while completely eliminating the need for manual intervention, making the system easy to operate without requiring specialized tuning expertise.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The control loop continuously monitors voltage regulator performance by reading online loop values and comparing them with target values. Based on this feedback, the system automatically adjusts loop parameters to maintain optimal performance, ensuring high reliability while removing the complexity of manual parameter adjustment and eliminating the need for expert intervention.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Productivity

If automatic real-time regulation is implemented, then time and manpower are saved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveparameter optimization efficiencyVSAvoidregulation system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The control loop is designed as a multi-functional integrated component that performs multiple tasks: reading online loop values, comparing them with target values, calculating parameter adjustments, and executing parameter changes. By consolidating these functions into a single control loop module, the system achieves automatic real-time regulation and high productivity while minimizing the increase in overall system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system merges the functions of monitoring, analysis, and parameter adjustment into a unified control loop mechanism. The control loop simultaneously reads online values, processes feedback information, and adjusts loop parameters, combining multiple operations into one integrated process. This merging approach enables automatic real-time optimization with high productivity while keeping the system structure relatively simple and manageable.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS10725938B2Voltage regulator and associated auto-loop regulation system and method
Publication Date: 2020.07.28 CHENGDU MONOLITHIC POWER SYST
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AI summary

An auto-loop regulation system for a voltage regulator receives a plurality of pre-determined loop parameters through an interactive computing equipment, and the voltage regulator operates according to the plurality of pre-determined loop parameters, wherein the interactive computing equipment regulates at least one of the loop parameters automatically in real time according to an online loop value when the voltage regulator is operating online, and the interactive computing equipment keeps regulating the loop parameters until the online value of the voltage regulator matches with a target value.