CONTROL FUNCTIONS - PR PIN
Compatible interface architectures include the following:
DC coupled single-wire interface. All PR pins are directly
connected to one another. This interface supports current
sharing but is not fault tolerant. Minus In pins must be tied to
the same electric potential. See Figure 9.
Parallel Operation
The PR pin supports paralleling for increased power with N+1
(N+M) redundancy and phased array capability. Modules of the
same input voltage, output voltage, and power level will cur-
rent share if all PR pins are suitably interfaced.
AC coupled single-wire interface. All PR pins are connected to
a single communication bus through .001µF (500V) capacitors.
This interface supports current sharing and is fault tolerant
except for the communication bus. See Figure 10.
+In
+In
PC
PC
.001µF
Module 1
Module 1
PR
PR
–In
–In
+In
+In
PC
PC
Module 2
(up to 12)
Module 2
(up to 12)
.001µF
PR
PR
–In
–In
Ground plane
Ground plane
Figure 10—AC coupled single-wire interface.
Figure 9—DC coupled single-wire interface.
+Out
• The +Out and –Out power buses should be
designed to minimize and balance parasitic
impedance from each module output to the load.
+S
+S
SC
–S
Module 1
Module 2
–S
–Out
+Out
+S
• The +Sense pins should be tied to the same
point on the +Out power bus; the –Sense pins
should be tied to the same point on the –Out
power bus.
+Out
+S
SC
–S
+S
+S
SC
–S
Load
–S
• At the discretion of the power system designer,
a subset of all modules within an array may be
configured as slaves by shorting SC to –S.
–Out
–S
–Out
+Sense from
other modules
in the array
+Out
+S
• OR’ing diodes may be inserted in series with
the +Out pins of each module to provide
module output fault tolerance.
Module N+1 SC
–S
–Out
Figure 11—N+1 module array output connections.
Figure 12—OR’ing diodes connections.
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