ALWAYS-ON SYSTEM

• US 20090055661A1
• Filed: 08/20/2007
• Published: 02/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kuo-Hsien Kuo
• Original Assignee: Kuo-Hsien Kuo
• Inventors: KUO, Kuo-Hsien
• Application Number:
  US11/841,656
• Publication Number:
  US 20090055661A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/300
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/263 Arrangements for using multiple switchable power supplies, e.g. battery and AC G06F1/30 takes precedence

Abstract

The invention relates to an always-on system mainly provided with a control unit to govern a power supply switch unit. When one of main power supply units or a bypass power supply unit of an external power supply device is to be installed or uninstalled, a user can operate the control unit to enable the power supply switch unit to switch to the main power supply unit or the bypass power supply unit that is not to be installed or uninstalled to provide power for loads connected with the always-on system to operate continuously, without interrupting the operation of the load.

Claims

1. An always-on system connected with an external power supply device at its one side for providing diverse power supplies and a load at another side, said external power supply device composed of a main power supply unit and a bypass power supply unit, said always-on system comprising:

a power supply input unit provided with a main power supply input terminal, a bypass power supply input terminal and a power supply asynchronous detecting circuit that is respectively connected with said main power supply input terminal, said bypass power supply input terminal detecting if a phase of a power supply transmitted from said main power supply input terminal is synchronous with that of another power supply transmitted from said bypass power supply input terminal;

a protection circuit unit connected with said power supply input unit at its one side for protecting said load from damaged;

a power supply switch unit connected with said protection circuit unit at its one side, able to select said main power supply input terminal or said bypass power supply input terminal to provide power for said always-on system to keep said load operating continuously without being affected when one of said main power supply input terminal and said bypass power supply input terminal is being installed or uninstalled; and

a control unit connected with said power supply switch unit at its one side and able to generate an enabling signal to control said power supply switch unit to select said main power supply input terminal or said bypass power supply input terminal for being transmitted with external power supply when said external power supply device is being installed or uninstalled.

2. The always-on system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said protection circuit unit is provided with a filtering circuit, a delay protection circuit and a error protection circuit, said filtering circuit connected with said main power supply input terminal and said bypass power supply input terminal of said power supply input unit respectively at its one side to isolate noise of surge and harmonic created inside said always-on system and connected with said delay protection circuit, said error protection circuit and said load respectively at its another side, said delay protection circuit and said error protection circuit respectively connected with said power supply switch unit.

3. The always-on system as claimed in claim 2, wherein said delay protection circuit is employed to prevent external power supply from generating intermittent signals that provoke said power supply switch unit to function in error.

4. The always-on system as claimed in claim 2, wherein said error protection circuit is used to automatically select said main power supply input terminal to provide power from another external power supply in case that said bypass power supply input terminal is an open circuit, but selected by said always-on system.

5. The always-on system as claimed in claim 2, wherein said error protection circuit is used to automatically select said bypass power supply input terminal to provide power from another external power supply in case that said main power supply input terminal is an open circuit, but selected by the always-on system.

6. The always-on system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said control unit is operated manually.

7. The always-on system as claimed in claim 2, wherein said power supply switch unit is a switch circuit base on transistors.

8. The always-on system as claimed in claim 7, wherein said transistors are insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs).

9. The always-on system as claimed in claim 2, wherein said power supply switch unit is a switch circuit based on relays.