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First Claim
1. A power distribution system for a data center, the system comprising:
- a power source configured to provide AC power received from an electric utility grid;
multiple rack mountable processing units, wherein each rack mountable processing unit is mounted in a position in a rack and is coupled to the power source to receive the provided AC power from the power source without any intermediary AC/DC conversion or conditioning of the AC power, each of the rack mountable processing units comprising;
a DC load comprising at least one digital processor operative to process data received over a network;
a DC bus configured to deliver operating power to the DC load; and
an uninterruptible power supply (UPS), the UPS comprising;
a battery circuit configured to operatively connect a battery across the DC bus during a fault condition in which the AC power falls outside of a normal operating range, wherein the AC input voltage signal originates at a rotating AC generator;
an AC-to-DC rectification stage comprising an AC-to-DC conversion circuit configured to filter noise and harmonic components from the received AC power, correct a power factor of the received AC power to a power factor closer to unity, and to convert the filtered and corrected AC power to a single DC output voltage signal across the DC bus when the received AC power is within the normal operating range, wherein the AC-to-DC conversion circuit is configured to regulate the DC output voltage signal to a voltage level above and substantially near a maximum nominal charge voltage of the battery; and
a controller configured to selectively activate the battery circuit and the AC-to-DC conversion circuit such that the battery is operatively connected across the DC bus during the fault condition instead of the DC output voltage signal, and the AC-to-DC conversion circuit resumes supplying the DC output voltage signal across the DC bus when the AC power has returned to the normal operating range.
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Abstract
Apparatus and associated method and computer program products involve a highly efficient uninterruptible power distribution architecture to support modular processing units. As an illustrative example, a modular processing unit includes an integrated uninterruptible power system in which a PFC-boost AC-to-DC conversion occurs between the utility AC grid and the processing circuit (e.g., microprocessor) loads. In an illustrative data center facility, a power distribution architecture includes a modular array of rack-mountable processing units, each of which has processing circuitry to handle network-related processing tasks. Associated with each modular processing unit is an integrated uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to supply operating power to the network processing circuitry. Each UPS includes a battery selectively connectable across a DC bus, and a AC-to-DC rectifier that converts an AC input voltage to a single output voltage on the DC bus. The regulated DC bus voltage may be close to the battery'"'"'s fully charged voltage.
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43 Claims
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1. A power distribution system for a data center, the system comprising:
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a power source configured to provide AC power received from an electric utility grid; multiple rack mountable processing units, wherein each rack mountable processing unit is mounted in a position in a rack and is coupled to the power source to receive the provided AC power from the power source without any intermediary AC/DC conversion or conditioning of the AC power, each of the rack mountable processing units comprising; a DC load comprising at least one digital processor operative to process data received over a network; a DC bus configured to deliver operating power to the DC load; and an uninterruptible power supply (UPS), the UPS comprising; a battery circuit configured to operatively connect a battery across the DC bus during a fault condition in which the AC power falls outside of a normal operating range, wherein the AC input voltage signal originates at a rotating AC generator; an AC-to-DC rectification stage comprising an AC-to-DC conversion circuit configured to filter noise and harmonic components from the received AC power, correct a power factor of the received AC power to a power factor closer to unity, and to convert the filtered and corrected AC power to a single DC output voltage signal across the DC bus when the received AC power is within the normal operating range, wherein the AC-to-DC conversion circuit is configured to regulate the DC output voltage signal to a voltage level above and substantially near a maximum nominal charge voltage of the battery; and a controller configured to selectively activate the battery circuit and the AC-to-DC conversion circuit such that the battery is operatively connected across the DC bus during the fault condition instead of the DC output voltage signal, and the AC-to-DC conversion circuit resumes supplying the DC output voltage signal across the DC bus when the AC power has returned to the normal operating range. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A system comprising:
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multiple rack mountable processing units, wherein each rack mountable processing unit is mounted in a position in a rack and is coupled to a power source configured to receive AC power from an electric utility grid and to provide the received AC power to the rack mountable processing units without any intermediary AC/DC conversion or conditioning of the AC power, each of the rack mountable processing units comprising; a motherboard including at least one digital processor operative to process data received over a network; a DC bus configured to deliver operating power to the motherboard; and an uninterruptible power supply (UPS), the UPS comprising; a battery circuit configured to operatively connect a battery across the DC bus during a fault condition in which the AC power falls outside of a normal operating range; an AC-to-DC rectification stage comprising an AC-to-DC conversion circuit configured to filter noise and harmonic components from the received AC power, correct a power factor of the received AC power to a power factor closer to unity, and to convert the filtered and corrected AC power to a single DC output voltage signal across the DC bus when the received AC power is within the normal operating range, wherein the AC-to-DC conversion circuit is configured to regulate the DC output voltage signal to a voltage level above and substantially near a maximum nominal charge voltage of the battery; and a controller configured to selectively activate the battery circuit and the AC-to-DC conversion circuit such that the battery is operatively connected across the DC bus during the fault condition instead of the DC output voltage signal, and the AC-to-DC conversion circuit resumes supplying the DC output voltage signal across the DC bus when the AC input voltage signal has returned to the normal operating range. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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