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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2012
Scott Thomas Seaton, Kirkland, WA (US);
Allan Joseph Wenzel, Seattle, WA (US);
Steven Ray Steinert, Monroe, WA (US);
Courtney Shepherd Jones, Hobart, WA (US);
Scott Thomas Seaton, Kirkland, WA (US);
Allan Joseph Wenzel, Seattle, WA (US);
Steven Ray Steinert, Monroe, WA (US);
Courtney Shepherd Jones, Hobart, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A power distribution system among a set of units (e.g., server blocks) may comprise, for each unit, a utility line and a unit generator, and a reserve generator providing failover transient performance and redundancy improvement to the power for the unit generators. The reserve generator may connect to the units via a reserve bus, and the unit generators may selectively connect to a wraparound bus connected to the reserve bus. When the failover load exceeds the available failover transient capability of one generator, one or more unit generators may (automatically or by operator selection) be connected with the wraparound bus to apply available transient capability to satisfy the excess failover load with minimal increase in power distribution resources and complexity.