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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Sangsun Kim, San Jose, CA (US);
Jimmy Clidaras, Los Altos, CA (US);
Cornelius B. O'Sullivan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Anand Ramesh, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
An electric power supply unit includes a primary stage having an electric converter arranged to increase a frequency of AC power provided to an input of the power supply unit; a transformer stage connected to receive AC power from the primary stage and to reduce a voltage level of the AC power; and a secondary stage connected to receive the AC power at the reduced voltage level and the increased frequency and having a rectifier and power factor correction circuit arranged to convert the AC power to DC power and to provide power factor correction for power entering the power supply unit.