Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reverse power feed (RPF) power supply unit (PSU) and associated method of use
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Application No.: US16446498Application Date: 2019-06-19
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Publication No.: US11659099B2Publication Date: 2023-05-23
- Inventor: Renato Colombo , Cesare Bocchiola
- Applicant: Microchip Technology Inc.
- Applicant Address: US AZ Chandler
- Assignee: Microchip Technology Inc.
- Current Assignee: Microchip Technology Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Chandler
- Agency: Glass and Associates
- Agent Molly Sauter; Kenneth Glass
- Main IPC: G06F1/26
- IPC: G06F1/26 ; H02M7/493 ; H02M5/10 ; H04M19/08 ; H02M3/335 ; G05F1/66

Abstract:
A reverse power feeding (RPF) power supply unit (PSU) for remote network distribution point unit (DPU) that is reverse powered from multiple customer premise equipments (CPEs). A plurality of power converters, each having a different primary winding and sharing a common secondary winding of a transformer at the PSU, wherein only one of the power converters is operated at a time to provide a desired output voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200348738A1 REVERSE POWER FEED (RPF) POWER SUPPLY UNIT (PSU) AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF USE Public/Granted day:2020-11-05
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