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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2012
Sangsun Kim, San Jose, CA (US);
Craig Kaneshiro, San Jose, CA (US);
William Dailey, Redwood City, CA (US);
Sangsun Kim, San Jose, CA (US);
Craig Kaneshiro, San Jose, CA (US);
William Dailey, Redwood City, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Aspects relate generally to hot swap control in uninterruptible power supply units for systems requiring backup power. A unit may include a pair of MOSFET switches configured as a bidirectional switch for battery charging and discharging current control. This configuration allows the unit to limit inrush current when the unit is connected to a DC power bus of a power system and also allows the unit to eliminate any current flow when it is disconnected. Upon insertion and extraction of the unit, the MOSFET switches are disabled to prevent any disturbances on the DC power bus. Hot swapping in the unit ensures that the overall power system, including the unit and the DC bus, operates reliably.