An integrated architectural framework for power conversion systems

Advances in electric power conversion systems have generally lagged far behind the pace of advances in the field of digital signal electronic systems. This has been a result of the rich and complicated coupling that exists among various design variables and manufacturing processes used in power electronics. There are significant obstacles that defy scaling which hold back the progress of power electronic systems. This paper presents an integrated architectural framework capable of systematically overcoming these obstacles using a top-down conceptual approach. General principles of the proposed framework based on "bricks and buses" are presented along with a discussion of the details that constitute the framework.