Typically we handle each DC to DC as separate entities and filter locally. 
Having said that - are you trying to solve and EMI problem or
trying to prevent one?

Thanks!

Charles Grasso
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From: James Pawson (U3C) [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2019 1:45 AM
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Subject: [PSES] DC/DC EMI Input Filter Stability


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Morning all,

I'm designing an EMI filter for a DC input power line that has four DC/DC 
converters all running off it.

I know that the output impedance of the EMI filter needs to be much lower than 
the input impedance of the DC/DC converter to prevent oscillation/instability. 
But what happens when there are multiple DC/DC converters running in parallel 
from the same input? How do the input impedances interact? Do they appear in 
parallel or do the control loops isolate stability issues to individual 
converters?

My understanding from this paper - 
http://www.ti.com/lit/an/slua929a/slua929a.pdf - is that the control loop and 
output filter of the DC/DC contributes to the stability analysis. If so, then 
each DC/DC can be considered individually with the filter being designed to 
have margin to the lowest input impedance of all of the converters. This is 
instead of just adding all the input impedances in parallel.

Is my understanding correct?

Thanks in advance,
James




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