Power source transfer circuit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12334773-B2
Application number	US-202318563303-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 28, 2023
Priority date	Jun 30, 2022
Publication date	Jun 17, 2025
Grant date	Jun 17, 2025

Abstract

The present invention discloses a power source transfer circuit for switching among a plurality of power sources to supply power to a load. The power source transfer circuit includes a first switch, a second switch and a bypass switch, wherein one of the plurality of power sources supplies power to the load via the first switch and the second switch, and wherein the bypass switch is connected in parallel to the second switch on a neutral line and is configured to control neutral overlapping duration during switching among the plurality of power sources. The power source transfer circuit including a bypass switch provided by the present disclosure can reduce the neutral overlapping duration to microseconds during power source transfer, so as to realize fast and reliable response.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A power source transfer circuit for switching among a plurality of power sources to supply power to a load, the power source transfer circuit comprising:
a first switch;
a second switch; and
a bypass switch,
wherein one of the plurality of power sources supplies power to the load via the first switch and the second switch, and
wherein the bypass switch is connected in parallel to the second switch on a neutral line and is configured to control neutral overlapping duration during switching among the plurality of power sources, and wherein the bypass switch includes a first bypass switch and a second bypass switch, the first bypass switch includes a third solid-state switch and a fifth mechanical switch connected in series, and the second bypass switch includes a fourth solid-state switch and a sixth mechanical switch connected in series.

2. The power source transfer circuit according to claim 1 , wherein, the second switch is a mechanical switch.

3. The power source transfer circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the first switch includes a first solid-state switch and a second solid-state switch, and the second switch includes a first mechanical switch and a second mechanical switch, wherein
the first solid-state switch is connected to the first mechanical switch, and a first power source of the plurality of power sources is connected to the load via the first solid-state switch and the first mechanical switch,
the second solid-state switch is connected to the second mechanical switch, and a second power source of the plurality of power sources is connected to the load via the second solid-state switch and the second mechanical switch, and
wherein when the first power source fails to supply power to the load, the first switch and the second switch are configured to switch to supply power to the load from the second power source.

4. The power source transfer circuit according to claim 3 , wherein the first mechanical switch includes a first terminal and a second terminal connected to a first neutral line led out from the first power source, and the second mechanical switch includes a first terminal and a second terminal connected to a second neutral line led out from the second power source, and
wherein the bypass switch being connected in parallel to the second switch on the neutral line comprises:
a first terminal of the first bypass switch being connected to the first terminal of the first mechanical switch, a second terminal of the first bypass switch being connected to the second terminal of the first mechanical switch, and
a first terminal of the second bypass switch being connected to the first terminal of the second mechanical switch, and a second terminal of the second bypass switch being connected to the second terminal of the second mechanical switch.

5. The power source transfer circuit according to claim 4 , wherein the controlling neutral overlapping duration during switching among the plurality of power sources comprises: controlling, by the third solid-state switch and the fourth solid-state switch, the neutral overlapping duration during switching among the plurality of power sources.

6. The power source transfer circuit according to claim 5 , wherein when the first power source supplies power to the load, the fifth mechanical switch in the first bypass switch remains on, and wherein
switching from supplying power by the first power source to the load to supplying power by the second power source to the load comprises:
switching on the third solid-state switch in the first bypass switch when the first solid-state switch is switched off;
switching off the first mechanical switch and switching on the sixth mechanical switch in the second bypass switch after the third solid state switch is switched on;
switching on the fourth solid-state switch in the second bypass switch after the first mechanical switch is switched off and the sixth mechanical switch is switched on;
switching off the third solid-state switch in the first bypass switch after the fourth solid-state switch is switched on;
switching off the fifth mechanical switch in the first bypass switch and switching on the second mechanical switch after the third solid-state switch is switched off;
switching off the fourth solid-state switch in the second bypass switch and switching on the second solid-state switch after the second mechanical switch is switched on, so as to realize the switching of the first power source to the second power source to supply power to the load.

7. The power source transfer circuit according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an auxiliary circuit connected between a power source module including the plurality of power sources and the load, wherein the auxiliary circuit includes:
a compensation power source module configured to provide continuous power supply to the load during switching among the plurality of power sources; and
a power fetching module, connected between the power source module and the compensation power source module, configured to fetch power for the compensation power source module from one of the plurality of power sources.

8. The power source transfer circuit according to claim 7 , wherein the compensation power source module includes a rectifier and an inverter connected in series,
wherein the power fetching module includes a third mechanical switch and a fourth mechanical switch, wherein:
the third mechanical switch is connected between a first power source of the plurality of power sources and the rectifier,
the fourth mechanical switch is connected between a second power source of the plurality of power sources and the rectifier, and
the inverter is connected to the load.

9. The power source transfer circuit according to claim 8 , wherein when the first power source supplies power to the load, the fourth mechanical switch remains on, so that when the first power source fails to supply power to the load, the inverter supplies power to the load.

10. The power source transfer circuit according to claim 9 , wherein the supplying power to the load by the inverter when the first power source fails to supply power to the load comprises:
when the first power source stops supplying power to the load via the first solid-state switch and the first mechanical switch, supplying power to the load by the inverter, and
when the second power source starts supplying power to the load via the second solid-state switch and the second mechanical switch, stopping supplying power to the load by the inverter, so as to realize continuous supplying of power to the load during power source transfer.

11. A transfer device comprising the power source transfer circuit according to claim 1 for continuous supplying power to the load.

12. A power supply system for a data center, comprising the power source transfer circuit according to claim 1 , to realize continuity of data services.

Assignees

• Schneider Electric Ind Sas

Inventors

• Chen Xiaohang
• Zhao Haijun
• Shi Ying
• Chen Jiamin
• Song Yangfeng
• Yang Qing
• Dong Jihua

Classifications

• H01H3/32

  Driving mechanisms, i.e. for transmitting driving force to the contacts (snap-action arrangements H01H5/00; introducing a predetermined time delay H01H7/00) · CPC title

• H02J3/007

  Arrangements for selectively connecting one or more loads to one or more power sources or power lines · CPC title

• H02J9/068 Primary

  Electronic means for switching from one power supply to another power supply, e.g. to avoid parallel connection · CPC title

• H02J9/062 Primary

  for AC powered loads · CPC title

• H02J3/0073 Primary

  by providing alternative feeding paths when the main path fails · CPC title