Floating power supply and method of using the same
First Claim
1. A power supply providing an output voltage that is ground referenced to an object having a voltage potential relative to a first ground, comprising:
- a transducer having a transducer output and being configured to convert photonic energy to electrical energy;
a voltage regulator having a regulator ground and regulator input, wherein said regulator input is electrically coupled to said transducer output to receive power therefrom and said regulator ground is electrically coupled to the object; and
whereinsaid regulator includes a regulator output having voltage potential relative to the object.
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Abstract
A power supply of the present invention comprises a transducer having a transducer and a voltage regulator. The transducer is coupled to an electrically non-conductive medium, which may be a light pipe. The electrically non-conductive medium is coupled to a non-electrical energy source such as a light source and the non-electrical energy source communicates energy to the transducer via said electrically non-conductive medium. The transducer converts the received light energy to electrical energy, which is supplied to a voltage regulator. The voltage regulator has a regulator ground, regulator output, and regulator input. The regulator input is electrically coupled to the transducer output and the regulator ground is electrically coupled to a live conductor of a medium voltage power line. The regulator output therefore provides an output voltage that is ground referenced to the live conductor of the medium voltage power line.
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38 Claims
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1. A power supply providing an output voltage that is ground referenced to an object having a voltage potential relative to a first ground, comprising:
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a transducer having a transducer output and being configured to convert photonic energy to electrical energy; a voltage regulator having a regulator ground and regulator input, wherein said regulator input is electrically coupled to said transducer output to receive power therefrom and said regulator ground is electrically coupled to the object; and
whereinsaid regulator includes a regulator output having voltage potential relative to the object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A power supply, comprising:
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a transducer having a transducer output and being configured to convert photonic energy to electrical energy; a voltage regulator having a regulator ground, regulator output, and regulator input, wherein said regulator input is electrically coupled to said transducer output to receive power therefrom; and
wherein said regulator ground is electrically coupled to an energized power line conductor and said regulator output provides a voltage potential relative to the energized power line conductor. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of providing a voltage potential that is relative to an object that has a voltage potential relative to a second ground, comprising:
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communicating photonic energy to a transducer configured to convert photonic energy to electrical energy; coupling the output of said transducer to the input of a voltage regulator to provide power to the regulator; coupling the ground reference of said transducer and said regulator to the object; and providing a voltage potential relative to the object at a regulator output. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A power supply providing an output voltage that is ground referenced to an object having a voltage potential relative to a first ground, comprising:
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a transducer configured to convert photonic energy to electrical energy and having a transducer output and a transducer ground, wherein said transducer ground is electrically coupled to the object and said transducer output has a voltage potential relative to the object; a voltage regulator having a regulator ground and regulator input, wherein said regulator input is electrically coupled to said transducer output to receive power therefrom and said regulator ground is electrically coupled to the object; and said regulator includes a regulator output having voltage potential relative to the object. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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