Fast-response controller IC for multi-phase DC-DC converters
This technology is a smarter control method for power converters — the circuits that regulate electricity in devices ranging from laptops to data center servers. It works by estimating how much charge a converter has transferred using a combination of output voltage and inductor current signals, then using that estimate to precisely time when the converter draws power from its source. The result is faster, more stable responses when power demand suddenly spikes or drops, and in systems running multiple converter phases in parallel, it eliminates a common noise problem that can cause control pulses to fail entirely.
What you could build
A licensable controller IC or embedded firmware module for multi-phase DC-DC power converters used in CPUs, GPUs, and data center voltage regulator modules (VRMs); primary buyers would be power semiconductor companies and OEM power supply designers serving the computing and telecom hardware markets.
Who in Virginia should care
Defense electronics contractors and data center operators concentrated in Northern Virginia would have direct interest in stable, high-performance power conversion technology.
Readiness: Lab validated
Concept — described but not yet demonstrated. Lab validated — supported by experimental results in the patent. Prototype likely — the text describes a built, working embodiment.
Readiness is inferred from the patent text, not from a lab visit.
The record
- Inventors
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- Granted
- June 2, 2020
- Status
- Granted patent
- Patent number
- 102796
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Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties handles licensing for this technology.
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