Power supply system and control method using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10148192-B1
Application number	US-201815963075-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Apr 25, 2018
Priority date	Dec 8, 2017
Publication date	Dec 4, 2018
Grant date	Dec 4, 2018

Abstract

A power supply system is disclosed. The power supply module comprises a three-phase voltage source, for generating a power source with three phases; a plurality of power supply modules, coupled to the three-phase voltage source, each comprising a plurality of major transforming modules corresponding to the three-phase voltage source for generating a plurality of direct-current voltages according to the three-phase voltage source; and at least a backup supply module, coupled to the plurality of power supply modules, each comprising a plurality of backup transforming modules corresponding to the three-phase voltage source, for generating the plurality of direct-current voltages corresponding to the three-phase voltage source by a backup transforming module corresponding to at least one of the plurality of major transforming modules of the plurality of power supply modules when the at least one of the plurality of major transforming modules is in an abnormal operation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power supply system, comprising:
a three-phase voltage source, for generating a power source with three phases;
a plurality of power supply modules, coupled to the three-phase voltage source, each comprising a plurality of major transforming modules corresponding to the three-phase voltage source for generating a plurality of direct-current voltages according to the three-phase voltage source;
at least a backup supply module, coupled to the plurality of power supply modules, each comprising a plurality of backup transforming modules corresponding to the three-phase voltage source, for generating the plurality of direct-current voltages corresponding to the three-phase voltage source by a backup transforming module corresponding to at least one of the plurality of major transforming modules of the plurality of power supply modules when the at least one of the plurality of major transforming modules is in an abnormal operation;
a plurality of logic control circuits, respectively coupled to each of the major transforming modules of the plurality of power supply modules, for determining whether the plurality of major transforming modules work normally or not according to a working signal of each of the plurality of major transforming modules; and
a driving circuit, coupled to the plurality of power supply modules and the plurality of logic control circuits, for driving the backup transforming module of the at least a backup supply module corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of major transforming modules according to the working signal corresponding to each of the plurality of major transforming modules, when the at least one of the plurality of major transforming modules is in the abnormal operation.

2. The power supply system of claim 1 , wherein when the working signal of one of the plurality of major transforming modules of the plurality of power supply modules is in the abnormal operation, the logic control circuit turns off one of the plurality of major transforming modules in the abnormal operation.

3. The power supply system of claim 1 , wherein all of the plurality of major transforming modules of each of the plurality of power supply modules are connected in parallel, and all of the plurality of backup transforming modules of the at least a backup supply module are connected in parallel.

4. The power supply system of claim 1 , wherein when the plurality of major transforming modules of the plurality of power supply modules are in a normal operation, the at least a backup supply module is in a standby state.

5. A control method, for a power supply system, wherein the power supply system includes a three-phase voltage source, a plurality of power supply modules and at least a backup supply module, a plurality of logic control circuits and a driving circuit, the control method comprising:
the plurality of logic control circuits determining whether each of a plurality of major transforming modules of the plurality of power supply modules works normally or not, according to a working signal of the each of the plurality of major transforming modules of the plurality of power supply modules;
the logic control circuit turning off one of the plurality of major transforming modules of the plurality of power supply modules in the abnormal operation, when the working signal of one of the plurality of major transforming modules of the plurality of power supply modules is in an abnormal operation; and
the driving circuit generating a driving signal according to the working signal of one of the plurality of major transforming modules of the plurality of power supply modules in the abnormal operation, so as to drive a backup transforming module of the at least a backup supply module corresponding to one of the plurality of major transforming modules in the abnormal operation.

6. The control method of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of power supply modules are coupled to the three-phase voltage source, and each of the plurality of power supply modules comprises the plurality of major transforming modules corresponding to the three-phase voltage source, for generating a plurality of direct-current voltages according to the three-phase voltage source.

7. The control method of claim 5 , wherein the at least a backup supply module is coupled to the plurality of power supply modules, and each of the plurality of power supply modules comprises a plurality of backup transforming modules corresponding to the three-phase voltage source, for generating the plurality of direct-current voltages corresponding to the three-phase voltage source by a backup transforming module corresponding to at least one of the plurality of major transforming modules of the plurality of power supply modules, when the at least one of the plurality of major transforming modules is in an abnormal operation.

8. The control method of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of logic control circuits are respectively coupled to each of the major transforming modules of the plurality of power supply modules, for determining whether the plurality of major transforming modules work normally or not according to the working signal of each of the plurality of major transforming modules.

9. The control method of claim 5 , wherein all of the plurality of major transforming modules of each of the plurality of power supply modules are connected in parallel, and all of the plurality of backup transforming modules of the at least a backup supply module are connected in parallel.

10. The control method of claim 5 , wherein when the plurality of major transforming modules of the plurality of power supply modules are in a normal operation, the at least a backup supply module is in a standby state.

Assignees

• Wiwynn Corp

Inventors

• Hsu Kuan-Wei

Classifications

• H02M7/02 Primary

  Conversion of AC power input into DC power output without possibility of reversal · CPC title

• H02M7/2173

  in a biphase or polyphase circuit arrangement (H02M7/2176 takes precedence; voltage multipliers H02M7/25) · CPC title

• H02M7/23 Primary

  arranged for operation in parallel {(H02M7/2176 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• H02M1/32

  Means for protecting converters other than automatic disconnection · CPC title

• H02M2001/325

  Electricity · mapped topic