Method, a system, a computer-readable medium, and a power controlling apparatus for applying and distributing power
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1. A power control unit comprising:
- a first terminal configured as a power input terminal to receive power at an input DC magnitude;
a plurality of field effect transistors (“
FETs”
) configured to receive the power at the input DC magnitude and to operate the power control unit as a buck-boost power control unit;
a first portion of memory configured to store data representing operational profiles for generating a power signal as a function of a parameter;
a mode controller configured to select an operational profile from the operational profiles to establish a selected operational profile;
a waveform control module configured to generate the power signal at an output DC magnitude in accordance with the selected operational profile;
a second terminal configured as a power output terminal to transmit the power signal at the output DC magnitude;
a second portion of memory configured to store data representing fault profiles that include thresholds for determining types of faults; and
a fault detector configured to;
detect a fault based on the fault profiles, and todetermine whether the fault is associated with a subset of faults, and toperform a fault action.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention relate generally to power management and the like, and more particularly, to an apparatus, a system, a method, and a computer-readable medium for providing power controlling functionality to generate configurable power signals and to deliver power during fault conditions. In at least some embodiments, a power control unit can generate power signals having configurable attributes as a function of a mode of operation, a fault type, and the like.
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1. A power control unit comprising:
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a first terminal configured as a power input terminal to receive power at an input DC magnitude; a plurality of field effect transistors (“
FETs”
) configured to receive the power at the input DC magnitude and to operate the power control unit as a buck-boost power control unit;a first portion of memory configured to store data representing operational profiles for generating a power signal as a function of a parameter; a mode controller configured to select an operational profile from the operational profiles to establish a selected operational profile; a waveform control module configured to generate the power signal at an output DC magnitude in accordance with the selected operational profile; a second terminal configured as a power output terminal to transmit the power signal at the output DC magnitude; a second portion of memory configured to store data representing fault profiles that include thresholds for determining types of faults; and a fault detector configured to; detect a fault based on the fault profiles, and to determine whether the fault is associated with a subset of faults, and to perform a fault action. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system of power control units comprising:
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one or more first terminals configured as one or more power input terminals to receive power at one or more input DC magnitudes; a plurality of field effect transistors (“
FETs”
) configured to receive the power at least one of the input DC amplitudes and to operate a subset of the power control units as buck-boost power control units;one or more portions of memory configured to store data representing operational profiles for generating power signals as a function of one or more parameters; one or more mode controllers configured to select one or more operational profiles from the operational profiles to establish selected operational profiles; one or more waveform control modules configured to generate the power signals at one or more output DC magnitudes in accordance with the selected operational profiles; one or more second terminals configured as one or more power output terminals to transmit the power signals at the one or more output DC magnitudes; one or more other portions of memory configured to store data representing fault profiles that include thresholds for determining types of faults; and one or more fault detectors configured to; detect faults based on the fault profiles, and to determine whether the faults are associated with a subset of faults, and to perform one or more fault actions.
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