Power supply filtering
First Claim
1. A power supply filter, comprising:
- first and second power supply nodes, wherein a power supply voltage is applied across the first and second power supply nodes;
a resistor and a capacitor in series between the first and second node;
a relay with a first set of contacts in parallel with the resistor, the relay having a first position to create an open circuit in parallel with the resistor and a second position to create a short circuit in parallel with the resistor; and
a control circuit operably coupled to the relay, wherein the control circuit holds the relay in the first position until the capacitor is at least partially charged relative to the power supply voltage and then moves the relay to the second position.
11 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A power supply is filtered while the amount of in-rush current required by the capacitive charging of the filter is limited. A resistor may be placed in parallel with a relay where the parallel combination is in series with the filtering capacitor. The relay is open upon applying power to the filter and remains open while the capacitor at least partially charges to cause charging current to pass through the resistor and thereby limit in-rush current. The relay is closed thereafter to provide a short circuit around the resistor and thereby unrestrict filtering by the capacitor. Alternatively, a common mode choke is disposed between a capacitor across input nodes and a capacitor across output nodes, whereby the size of the capacitors may be reduced to limit the in-rush current due to the common mode choke. The power supply filter may be included as part of a power distribution panel.
-
Citations
32 Claims
-
1. A power supply filter, comprising:
-
first and second power supply nodes, wherein a power supply voltage is applied across the first and second power supply nodes;
a resistor and a capacitor in series between the first and second node;
a relay with a first set of contacts in parallel with the resistor, the relay having a first position to create an open circuit in parallel with the resistor and a second position to create a short circuit in parallel with the resistor; and
a control circuit operably coupled to the relay, wherein the control circuit holds the relay in the first position until the capacitor is at least partially charged relative to the power supply voltage and then moves the relay to the second position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16)
-
-
9. A method of filtering a power supply, comprising:
-
applying a power supply voltage across first and second power supply nodes to pass current through a resistor and to a capacitor, wherein the resistor and capacitor are in series between the first and second nodes;
maintaining a relay with a first set of contacts in parallel with the resistor in a first position to create an open circuit in parallel with the resistor; and
when the capacitor is at least partially charged relative to the power supply voltage, moving the relay to a second position to create a short circuit in parallel with the resistor. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
-
-
17. A power supply filter, comprising:
-
first and second power supply input nodes, wherein a power supply voltage is applied across the first and second power supply input nodes;
first and second power supply output nodes;
a first capacitor connected between the first and second power supply input nodes;
a second capacitor connected between the first and second power supply output nodes; and
a common mode choke electrically disposed between the first and second power supply input nodes and the first and second power supply output nodes such that current flows through the common mode choke in a first direction when passing between the first power supply input node and the first power supply output node and such that current flows through the common mode choke in an opposite direction from the first direction when passing between the second power supply output node and the second power supply input node. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
-
-
20. A method of filtering a power supply, comprising:
applying a power supply voltage across first and second power supply input nodes to pass current to a first capacitor connected across the first and second power supply input nodes, to pass current in a first direction between the first supply input node and a first power supply output node through a common mode choke and to a second capacitor connected across the first power supply output node and a second power supply output node, and to pass current in a second direction opposite the first direction between the second power supply output node and the second power supply input node through the common mode choke. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
-
23. A power distribution panel, comprising:
-
an input voltage connector;
a filtering circuit having current in-rush control and a filtering capacitor, the filtering circuit being operable to receive voltage through the input voltage connector and the current in-rush control being operable to limit current drawn through the input voltage connector until the filtering capacitor is at least partially charged;
an output voltage connector; and
over-current protection device electrically connected between an output of the filtering circuit and the output voltage connector. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
-
-
29. A power distribution panel, comprising:
-
an input voltage connector;
a filtering circuit having a first filtering capacitor connected across first and second input nodes, a second filtering capacitor connected across first and second output nodes, and a common mode choke electrically connected between the input and output nodes such that current flows through the common mode choke in a first direction between the first input node and the first output node and flows through the common mode choke in a second direction opposite the first between the second output node and first output node, the filtering circuit being operable to receive voltage across the input nodes through the input voltage connector;
an output voltage connector; and
an over-current protection device electrically connected between an output node of the filtering circuit and the output voltage connector. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
-
Specification