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Subject: Re: power supply idea
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John Larkin wrote:
> erichpwagner wrote:
>>John Larkin wrote:
>>>
>>> If one had, say, a 48 volt power bus, you could hang a half-bridge
>>> switcher to ground, and a lowpass filter out. If the drive has duty
>>> cycle n, the output voltage is 48*n. So we have a programmable power
>>> supply with no feedback, which will be stable into any load.
>>>
>>> The load regulation will be mediocre, but we could almost sell it
>>> as-is.
>>>
>>> So now, sense the output voltage and compute the error against the
>>> target, run through a slowish integrator, and tweak the PWM to get
>>> zero output voltage error. Gross transient response is basically the
>>> response of the output filter, with some modest drool from the
>>> integrator.
>>>
>>> We can constrain the influence range of the integrator, just enough to
>>> give the regulation that we need. That limits output swing in case the
>>> feedback is wrong, as one could get from a botched remote sense
>>> connection.
>>>
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2fysyvkl4eim7vujhaobh/FFINT_PS_1.jpg?rlkey=rug6yi3cgemi9vvbz8apgboqi&raw=1
>>
>>Looks like you have invented the buck converter.
>
> I invented a control algorithm. All the buck chips that I know of are
> all feedback driven, and will slam into either rail if the feedback
> divider is broken. Blow things up.

An algorithm arguably eliminates a 555 triangle generator as a potential
spread spectrum source. LOL. So, what's hidden in plain sight behind all
of your left hand side, symbolic sleight of hand? In other words, how do
you implement your control algorithm?

Danke,

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