公开(公告)号：US20100013323A1

公开(公告)日：2010-01-21

申请号：US12174536

申请日：2008-07-16

申请人： Chu T. Chung ,  Cecil C. Dishman ,  Jen-Ching Lin ,  Randhir S. Malik

发明人： Chu T. Chung ,  Cecil C. Dishman ,  Jen-Ching Lin ,  Randhir S. Malik

IPC分类号： H02J7/00

CPC分类号： H02H11/005 ,  Y10T307/469 ,  Y10T307/747 ,  Y10T307/76 ,  Y10T307/826 ,  Y10T307/858

摘要： An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for safely connecting a device to a power source. The invention includes a power bus switch that operates to selectively allow operational power to flow from a power supply to a load. The operational power is independent of auxiliary power which may be separately provided to the load. A detection module determines whether an input impedance of the load is greater than a minimum impedance threshold in response to the load being connected to the power supply. A switch module causes the power bus switch to allow operational power to flow to the load in response to the detection module determining that the input impedance is greater than the minimum impedance threshold. Thus, if the load has an acceptable input impedance level, then operational power may be provided to the load without risk of failure to the power system.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于将设备安全地连接到电源的装置，系统和方法。 本发明包括电力总线开关，其操作以选择性地允许操作功率从电源流向负载。 操作功率独立于可以单独提供给负载的辅助功率。 响应于连接到电源的负载，检测模块确定负载的输入阻抗是否大于最小阻抗阈值。 响应于检测模块确定输入阻抗大于最小阻抗阈值，开关模块使得电源总线开关允许操作电力流向负载。 因此，如果负载具有可接受的输入阻抗水平，则可以向负载提供操作功率而不会对电力系统发生故障的风险。

公开(公告)号：US20090237045A1

公开(公告)日：2009-09-24

申请号：US12051750

申请日：2008-03-19

申请人： Cecil C. Dishman ,  Randhir S. Malik

发明人： Cecil C. Dishman ,  Randhir S. Malik

IPC分类号： G05F1/44 ,  G05F1/10

CPC分类号： H02M7/4807 ,  H02M1/36 ,  H02M3/3376 ,  H02M2001/0032 ,  Y02B70/16

摘要： An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for a switching power supply with high efficiency near zero load conditions. A power detection module detects power provided to a load. The switching power supply is capable of operating in a zero voltage switching mode. The power detection module detects when the load power falls below a minimum power threshold. A low load power control module operates the switching power supply in a low load mode if the power detection module detects that the power to the load is below the minimum power threshold. The low load mode includes operating the power supply in zero voltage switching mode in response to an output voltage of the power supply falling below a regulation voltage threshold. The low load mode includes turning off switching of the power supply in response to the output voltage of the power supply rising above the regulation voltage threshold.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种在零负载条件下具有高效率的开关电源的装置，系统和方法。 功率检测模块检测提供给负载的功率。 开关电源能够在零电压开关模式下工作。 电源检测模块检测负载功率何时低于最小功率阈值。 如果电力检测模块检测到负载的电力低于最小功率阈值，则低负载功率控制模块以低负载模式操作开关电源。 低负载模式包括响应于电源的输出电压低于调节电压阈值在零电压开关模式下操作电源。 低负载模式包括响应于电源的输出电压升高到调节电压阈值以上而切断电源。

公开(公告)号：US20090174393A1

公开(公告)日：2009-07-09

申请号：US11970779

申请日：2008-01-08

申请人： Cecil C. Dishman ,  Eino A. Lindfors ,  Randhir S. Malik

发明人： Cecil C. Dishman ,  Eino A. Lindfors ,  Randhir S. Malik

IPC分类号： G01R19/00 ,  G01R21/00

CPC分类号： H02M3/33515 ,  G01R19/16538 ,  H02M2001/0009

摘要： An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for measuring voltage, current, and power in a power supply. The apparatus consists of a voltage measuring module which measures the peak voltage through an inductor in a switching power supply stage of the power supply for a portion of the switching period. A current measuring module measures the peak current in the switching power supply stage for a portion of the switching period. The measured currents and voltages are proportional to the voltage and current at a point in the power supply where a power measurement is desired. The voltage and current values are multiplied along with a constant to provide an accurate measure of the power at a point in the power supply. The constant generally includes a combination of a calibration constant, an RMS conversion factor, a voltage conversion factor, and a current conversion factor.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于测量电源中的电压，电流和功率的装置，系统和方法。 该装置包括一个电压测量模块，用于在开关周期的一部分中测量在电源的开关电源级中的电感器的峰值电压。 电流测量模块在开关周期的一部分测量开关电源级中的峰值电流。 测量的电流和电压与需要功率测量的电源中的某一点处的电压和电流成比例。 电压和电流值与常数相乘以提供对电源中某一点功率的精确测量。 常数通常包括校准常数，RMS转换因子，电压转换因子和电流转换因子的组合。

公开(公告)号：US20090164806A1

公开(公告)日：2009-06-25

申请号：US11963792

申请日：2007-12-22

申请人： Cecil C. Dishman ,  Jen-Ching Lin ,  Randhir S. Malik

发明人： Cecil C. Dishman ,  Jen-Ching Lin ,  Randhir S. Malik

IPC分类号： G06F1/26

CPC分类号： G06F1/26 ,  G06F11/2015

摘要： An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for providing regulated electric power. At least two power buses transfer regulated direct current (“DC”) power from at least four power supplies to an electric load. The power supplies receive electric power from one or more electric sources and convert the electric power to the regulated DC electric power. A switch is connected between each of the power buses and the electric load. Each switch connects and disconnects a power bus to the electric load and transfers the regulated DC electric power from the buses to the electric load. An output power bus connection is disposed on each of the power supplies. Each of the power buses is connected to at least two power supplies and each output power bus connection connects the corresponding power supply upon which the output power bus connection is disposed to exactly one power bus.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于提供调节电力的装置，系统和方法。 至少两个电力总线将调节的直流（“DC”）功率从至少四个电源传递到电负载。 电源从一个或多个电源接收电力并将电力转换成调节的直流电力。 每个电源总线和电负载之间连接一个开关。 每个开关将电源总线连接到电力负载并将其断开，并将调节的直流电从总线传输到电动负载。 输出电源总线连接设置在每个电源上。 每个电力总线连接到至少两个电源，并且每个输出电力总线连接将输出电力总线连接所在的相应电源连接到正好一个电力总线。

公开(公告)号：US20090089604A1

公开(公告)日：2009-04-02

申请号：US11864613

申请日：2007-09-28

申请人： Randhir S. Malik ,  Cecil C. Dishman ,  Ted A. Howard ,  Eino A. Lindfors ,  Trung M. Nguyen

发明人： Randhir S. Malik ,  Cecil C. Dishman ,  Ted A. Howard ,  Eino A. Lindfors ,  Trung M. Nguyen

IPC分类号： G06F11/30 ,  G06F12/02

CPC分类号： G06F1/28

摘要： An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for event, time, and failure state recording in a power supply. Disclosed is a power supply that receives AC voltage as an input and provides regulated DC voltage as an output; a microcontroller integrated into the power supply that regulates output voltage and monitors, records, and reports operating conditions of the power supply; and a non-volatile solid-state storage that can be repeatedly read from, written to, and erased by the microcontroller and integrated within the microcontroller such that only a single address is needed to access both the microcontroller and the solid-state storage, the solid-state storage configured to store operating data received from the microcontroller, the operating data including the recorded operating conditions of the power supply.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于电源中的事件，时间和故障状态记录的装置，系统和方法。 公开了一种接收交流电压作为输入并提供稳压的直流电压作为输出的电源; 集成到电源中的微控制器，其调节输出电压并监视，记录和报告电源的操作条件; 以及非易失性固态存储器，其可以被微控制器反复读取，写入和擦除并且集成在微控制器内，使得仅需要一个地址来访问微控制器和固态存储器， 固态存储器被配置为存储从微控制器接收的操作数据，操作数据包括记录的电源的操作条件。

公开(公告)号：US07888919B2

公开(公告)日：2011-02-15

申请号：US12052444

申请日：2008-03-20

申请人： Cecil C. Dishman ,  Randhir S. Malik

发明人： Cecil C. Dishman ,  Randhir S. Malik

IPC分类号： G05F1/575 ,  G05F1/563

CPC分类号： H02M3/156 ,  H02M2001/0025 ,  H02M2001/0032 ,  Y02B70/16

摘要： An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for an adaptive high efficiency switching power supply. The switching power supply has a regulation stage with a stage controller that operates to regulate a voltage of the regulation stage relative to a reference voltage. A power detection module detects an amount of power used by the switching power supply. A low power module determines if the power supply is operating below a minimum power capacity threshold. A stage voltage adjustment module adjusts the reference voltage from a high power reference voltage to a low power reference voltage in response to the low power module determining that the power supply is operating below the minimum power capacity threshold. The low power reference voltage causes a regulated voltage adjustment such that the switching power supply operates more efficiently below the minimum power threshold.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于自适应高效开关电源的装置，系统和方法。 开关电源具有调节级，其具有用于调节调节级的电压相对于参考电压的级控制器。 功率检测模块检测开关电源使用的功率量。 低功率模块确定电源是否工作在最小功率容量阈值以下。 响应于低功率模块确定电源运行低于最小功率容量阈值，载台电压调节模块将参考电压从高功率参考电压调整到低功率参考电压。 低功率参考电压导致调节的电压调节，使得开关电源在低于最小功率阈值的情况下更有效地运行。

公开(公告)号：US20100007998A1

公开(公告)日：2010-01-14

申请号：US12172907

申请日：2008-07-14

申请人： Cecil C. Dishman ,  Randhir S. Malik

发明人： Cecil C. Dishman ,  Randhir S. Malik

IPC分类号： H02H7/10

CPC分类号： H02H3/42 ,  H02H3/28

摘要： An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for detecting a power system component failure. The invention includes detecting an amount of input power provided on a power supply side of a connector, where the connector is configured to connect a switching power supply to a load such that power flows from the switching power supply to the load through the connector; detecting an amount of output power provided on a load side of the connector; determining if the amount of input power detected on the power supply side of the connector is more than a predefined threshold amount greater than the amount of output power detected on the load side of the connector; and shutting down the switching power supply the amount of detected input power is more than the predefined threshold amount greater than the amount of detected output power.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于检测电力系统部件故障的装置，系统和方法。 本发明包括检测设置在连接器的电源侧的输入电力量，其中，连接器被配置为将开关电源连接到负载，使得电力通过连接器从开关电源流向负载; 检测设置在连接器的负载侧的输出功率量; 确定在所述连接器的电源侧检测到的输入功率的量是否大于在所述连接器的负载侧检测到的输出功率的量的预定阈值; 并且关闭所述开关电源，所检测的输入功率的量大于大于所检测的输出功率的量的预定阈值。

公开(公告)号：US07602623B2

公开(公告)日：2009-10-13

申请号：US11966450

申请日：2007-12-28

申请人： Chu T. Chung ,  Cecil C. Dishman ,  Randhir S. Malik

发明人： Chu T. Chung ,  Cecil C. Dishman ,  Randhir S. Malik

IPC分类号： H02H7/122 ,  H02H7/00

CPC分类号： H02M3/1584 ,  H02M2001/007

摘要： An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for a low cost self-healing power supply. The invention includes a power supply that regulates a direct current (“DC”) regulated bus to maintain a regulated bus voltage under varying load conditions. The power supply includes at least one pulse-width modulated stage, wherein each pulse-width modulated stage includes at least two switches connected in parallel. Each switch includes a fuse connected in series with the switch that disconnects the switch in response to an over current condition sufficient to open the fuse.The power supply also includes a pulse-width modulator for each stage of the power supply that regulates a bus voltage controlled by the stage by sensing the controlled bus voltage and adjusting a switching duty cycle to regulate the controlled bus voltage to a target value. The pulse-width modulator for a stage provides a substantially identical switching duty cycle to each switch of the stage. The switching duty cycle includes a signal to control a switch on and then off for a portion of a switching period.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于低成本自愈电源的装置，系统和方法。 本发明包括调节直流（“DC”）调节总线以在变化的负载条件下维持调节总线电压的电源。 电源包括至少一个脉冲宽度调制级，其中每个脉冲宽度调制级包括并联连接的至少两个开关。 每个开关包括与开关串联连接的保险丝，以响应于足以打开保险丝的过电流条件来断开开关。 电源还包括用于电源的每一级的脉冲宽度调制器，其通过感测受控总线电压并调整开关占空比来调节受控总线电压达到目标值来调节由该级控制的总线电压。 用于级的脉冲宽度调制器为该级的每个开关提供基本上相同的开关占空比。 开关占空比包括用于控制开关周期的一部分的接通和断开的信号。

公开(公告)号：US20090237057A1

公开(公告)日：2009-09-24

申请号：US12052444

申请日：2008-03-20

申请人： Cecil C. Dishman ,  Randhir S. Malik

发明人： Cecil C. Dishman ,  Randhir S. Malik

IPC分类号： G05F1/00

CPC分类号： H02M3/156 ,  H02M2001/0025 ,  H02M2001/0032 ,  Y02B70/16

摘要： An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for an adaptive high efficiency switching power supply. The switching power supply has a regulation stage with a stage controller that operates to regulate a voltage of the regulation stage relative to a reference voltage. A power detection module detects an amount of power used by the switching power supply. A low power module determines if the power supply is operating below a minimum power capacity threshold. A stage voltage adjustment module adjusts the reference voltage from a high power reference voltage to a low power reference voltage in response to the low power module determining that the power supply is operating below the minimum power capacity threshold. The low power reference voltage causes a regulated voltage adjustment such that the switching power supply operates more efficiently below the minimum power threshold.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于自适应高效开关电源的装置，系统和方法。 开关电源具有调节级，其具有用于调节调节级的电压相对于参考电压的级控制器。 功率检测模块检测开关电源使用的功率量。 低功率模块确定电源是否工作在最小功率容量阈值以下。 响应于低功率模块确定电源运行低于最小功率容量阈值，载台电压调节模块将参考电压从高功率参考电压调整到低功率参考电压。 低功率参考电压导致调节的电压调节，使得开关电源在低于最小功率阈值的情况下更有效地运行。

公开(公告)号：US20090172453A1

公开(公告)日：2009-07-02

申请号：US11966512

申请日：2007-12-28

申请人： Cecil C. Dishman ,  Randhir S. Malik ,  Trung M. Nguyen

发明人： Cecil C. Dishman ,  Randhir S. Malik ,  Trung M. Nguyen

IPC分类号： G06F11/30 ,  G06F1/26

CPC分类号： G06F1/263 ,  G06F1/30

摘要： An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for a power supply that is efficient in both high and low power conditions. An integrated power supply regulates current on a regulated bus to maintain a regulated bus voltage under varying load conditions. The integrated power supply includes a first power supply rated to provide full load power to the load and second power supply rated to provide power at levels below a minimum power threshold. The second power supply includes switching elements that have lower switching losses than switching elements of the first power supply. A sensing module measures power. A switching module starts up the second power supply and shuts down the first power supply if the measured power falls below the minimum power threshold, and starts up the first power supply and shuts down the second power supply if the measured power rises above the minimum power threshold.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种在高功率和低功率条件下有效的电源的装置，系统和方法。 集成电源调节受限制的总线上的电流，以在变化的负载条件下维持稳压总线电压。 集成电源包括额定为负载提供满载电力的第一电源和额定为提供低于最小功率阈值的电力的第二电源。 第二电源包括与第一电源的开关元件相比具有较低开关损耗的开关元件。 检测模块测量功率。 如果测量功率低于最小功率阈值，开关模块将启动第二个电源并关闭第一个电源，如果测量的功率超过最小功率，则启动第一个电源并关闭第二个电源 阈。