Power Supply Architecture Ranking With Multi-Channel Regulators
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing power supply design tools are inefficient in creating and evaluating multiple power supply designs for multiple loads simultaneously due to the overwhelming number of components, particularly voltage regulators, leading to a slow and tedious process.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a database and server that stores component characteristics, including multi-channel voltage regulators, to generate and rank power supply architectures and designs based on user-input load requirements, automatically proposing designs that include multi-channel voltage regulators and optimizing for efficiency, cost, and footprint.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If traditional power supply design tools are used to create and evaluate multiple power supply designs for multiple loads one at a time, then each individual design can be thoroughly evaluated, but the overall design process becomes slow and tedious
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-generating multiple power supply design architectures and pre-evaluating them against load requirements before the user needs to make decisions. The design tool automatically creates multiple candidate designs with different voltage regulator configurations, evaluates their performance metrics, and ranks them, eliminating the need for iterative manual design creation and evaluation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses copying by generating multiple copies of power supply design architectures that can be evaluated simultaneously. Instead of creating one design at a time, the tool creates multiple design variants (copies) with different component configurations, allowing parallel evaluation of multiple solutions against the same load requirements, thereby speeding up the overall design process.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the design tool considers an overwhelming number of voltage regulator components to satisfy multiple load requirements, then more complete design solutions can be found, but the design process becomes increasingly complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies segmentation by dividing the overwhelming set of voltage regulator components into meaningful segments or categories. The design tool segments components based on their electrical characteristics, package types, and suitability for multi-channel applications, allowing the evaluation process to systematically handle large component libraries without becoming unmanageably complex.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses parameter changes by dynamically adjusting evaluation parameters and component selection criteria based on the specific design requirements. The tool changes parameters such as voltage range, current capacity, and channel configuration to filter and prioritize components that best match the load requirements, reducing the effective search space while maintaining solution completeness.
3Device complexity
If multi-channel voltage regulators are integrated into power supply designs, then the number of components and design complexity are reduced, but the design tool must have access to comprehensive and up-to-date component information
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by continuously updating its component database with the latest multi-channel voltage regulator information from manufacturers and suppliers. The design tool establishes feedback loops that monitor component availability, pricing, and specification changes, ensuring that the generated designs are based on current, accurate component data rather than outdated information.
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies universality by creating a comprehensive component database that serves multiple functions: storing component specifications, tracking availability, enabling design generation, and supporting evaluation. This universal database infrastructure handles various types of power supply components and supports multiple design scenarios, ensuring information availability across different design contexts.
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AI summary
A method (and system) includes receiving, at a computing device including a design tool application, design parameters indicative of a plurality of power supply loads to be powered. The method further includes generating power supply solutions that do not include multi-channel voltage regulators and generating power supply solutions that do include multi-channel voltage regulators. The method also includes ranking all power supply solutions and providing the ranked power supply solutions to a user.