IP Library Granted Patent US 12706455
Granted Patent B2
US 12706455 · App. 19/469,015 · Granted Aug 11, 2026

Power supply system and electronic device

Inventor: Lupan Wang (Suzhou, CN)
Assignee: Suzhou MetaBrain Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.
H02J1/086H02J1/082H02J1/106H02J7/345H02J2207/20H02J2207/50
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12706455
App. No.
19/469,015
Filed
Sep 25, 2025
Granted
Aug 11, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2836
USPC
307/23
Abstract

The present application discloses a power supply system and an electronic device. A first power supply unit includes a plurality of voltage converters, each voltage converter being communicated with a corresponding load unit. A second power supply unit includes a plurality of voltage division components, each voltage converter being connected to a corresponding next-level load unit by means of one voltage division component. A monitoring unit is used for acquiring state information of each load unit and transmitting the state information to a control unit. The control unit is separately connected to an electrical double-layer capacitor, the first power supply unit, and the second power supply unit, so as to control, when state information of a target load unit is abnormal, the voltage division component connected to the target load unit to be conducted, and supplement power for the target load unit by means of the electrical double-layer capacitor.

Claims (113)

1 . A power supply system, characterized by comprising a monitoring unit, a control unit, an electrical double-layer capacitor, a first power supply unit, and a second power supply unit, wherein

the first power supply unit comprises:

a plurality of voltage conversion chips, each voltage conversion chip being communicated with a corresponding load unit;

the second power supply unit comprises:

a plurality of voltage division components, each voltage conversion chip being connected to a corresponding next-level load unit through one voltage division component;

the monitoring unit is connected to the load units, and the monitoring unit is configured to:

acquire state information of each load unit and transmit each state information to the control unit; and

the control unit is separately connected to the electrical double-layer capacitor, the first power supply unit, and the second power supply unit, and the control unit is configured to:

receive each state information transmitted by the monitoring unit; and

under a condition that state information of a target load unit is abnormal, control a voltage division component connected to the target load unit to be conducted, and supplement power supply for the target load unit using the electrical double-layer capacitor.

2 . The power supply system according to claim 1 , wherein

the monitoring unit is configured to:

acquire voltage values of the load units; and

transmit the voltage values to the control unit; and

the control unit is configured to:

receive the voltage values transmitted by the monitoring unit; and

under a condition that a target voltage value corresponding to the target load unit is abnormal, control the voltage division component connected to the target load unit to be conducted, and supplement the power supply for the target load unit using the electrical double-layer capacitor.

3 . The power supply system according to claim 2 , wherein the control unit is configured to:

read theoretical voltage values corresponding to the load units in a normal power supply state from a memory;

determine whether the voltage values corresponding to the load units match the theoretical voltage values corresponding to the load units;

under a condition that a voltage value of the target load unit does not match a theoretical voltage value of the target load unit, control the voltage division component connected to the target load unit to be conducted; and

under a condition that the electrical double-layer capacitor satisfies a discharge condition, supplement the power supply for the target load unit using the electrical double-layer capacitor, and switch the voltage division component connected to the target load unit to an OFF state.

4 . The power supply system according to claim 3 , wherein

the monitoring unit is configured to:

under a condition that the voltage value of the target load unit does not match the theoretical voltage value of the target load unit, transmit a capacitance value of the electrical double-layer capacitor, a power supplementing voltage value of the electrical double-layer capacitor, and a load current value of the target load unit, which are read, to the control unit; and

the control unit is configured to:

determine power supplement time according to the capacitance value of the electrical double-layer capacitor, the power supplementing voltage value of the electrical double-layer capacitor, and the load current value of the target load unit;

restore the target load unit under a condition that the power supplement time is greater than power supply anomaly restoration time; and

back up the target load unit under a condition that the power supplement time is less than or equal to the power supply anomaly restoration time.

5 . The power supply system according to claim 4 , wherein

the monitoring unit is configured to:

transmit read potential values of pins of the target load unit to the control unit under a condition that the power supplement time is greater than the power supply anomaly restoration time; and

the control unit is configured to:

receive the read potential values of the pins of the target load unit;

read theoretical potential values of the pins of the target load unit in the normal power supply state from the memory; and

adjust a target potential value of a target pin to a target theoretical potential value under a condition that the target potential value of the target pin is inconsistent with the target theoretical potential value of the target pin.

6 . The power supply system according to claim 4 , wherein the control unit is configured to:

migrate service data of the target load unit to a corresponding load unit on a peer control device under a condition that the power supplement time is less than or equal to the power supply anomaly restoration time.

7 . The power supply system according to claim 4 , wherein the control unit is configured to:

calculate the power supplement time, the power supplement time being obtained by multiplying the capacitance value of the electrical double-layer capacitor with the power supplementing voltage value of the electrical double-layer capacitor to obtain a product value, and dividing the product value by the load current value of the target load unit.

8 . The power supply system according to claim 3 , further comprising a baseboard management controller, the monitoring unit being connected to the baseboard management controller, the monitoring unit being configured to:

under a condition that the voltage value of the target load unit does not match the theoretical voltage value of the target load unit, transmit alarm information to the baseboard management controller, and trigger the baseboard management controller to record an abnormal log.

9 . The power supply system according to claim 2 , wherein

the monitoring unit is configured to:

acquire load communication data of the load units; and

transmit the load communication data to the control unit;

the control unit is configured to:

receive the load communication data; and

under a condition that target load communication data corresponding to the target load unit is abnormal and the target voltage value is normal, migrate service data of the target load unit to a corresponding load unit on a peer control device; and

the corresponding load unit on the peer control device is configured to:

receive the service data; and

process the service data, mark new service data after processing, and cache marked new service data in a memory.

10 . The power supply system according to claim 9 , wherein

the control unit is configured to:

send a reset signal to the target load unit to restart the target load unit based on the reset signal;

the monitoring unit is configured to:

transmit monitored target load communication data of the target load unit to the control unit;

the control unit is configured to:

receive the monitored target load communication data;

read the marked new service data from the memory under a condition that the monitored target load communication data is normal; and

send the marked new service data to the target load unit; and

the target load unit is configured to:

receive the marked new service data, process the marked new service data, and store a processing result in a hard disk.

11 . The power supply system according to claim 9 , wherein the monitoring unit is configured to:

acquire the voltage values of the load units through a plurality of sampling pins, and

acquire the load communication data of the load units through a plurality of serial bus links.

12 . The power supply system according to claim 11 , wherein the monitoring unit is configured to:

store the voltage values and the load communication data of the load units in a nonvolatile memory, and

update data recorded in the nonvolatile memory according to the voltage values and the load communication data of the load units which are read in real time.

13 . The power supply system according to claim 12 , wherein the monitoring unit is configured to:

detect an available storage space of the nonvolatile memory; and

under a condition that the available storage space of the nonvolatile memory is less than a set threshold, delete the data recorded in the nonvolatile memory according to data storage time.

14 . The power supply system according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the plurality of voltage division components comprises a switching component and a voltage division resistor; and

supply voltages of the plurality of voltage conversion chips are divided in sequence according to power supply levels of the plurality of load units, and a supply voltage of each of the plurality of voltage conversion chips is equal to a load voltage of the corresponding load unit and higher than a load voltage of the corresponding next-level load unit.

15 . The power supply system according to claim 14 , wherein a first voltage conversion chip of the plurality of voltage conversion chips is communicated with a first load unit of the load units corresponding to the first voltage conversion chip, and the first voltage conversion chip is connected to a second load unit of the load units through a first switching component and a first voltage division resistor, wherein

a supply voltage of the first voltage conversion chip is equal to a first load voltage of the first load unit and higher than a second load voltage of the second load unit;

a resistance value of the first voltage division resistor is set based on the supply voltage of the first voltage conversion chip, and the second load voltage and load current of the second load unit; and

the first voltage conversion chip is any voltage conversion chip in the plurality of voltage conversion chips.

16 . An electronic device, adopting a power supply system comprising a monitoring unit, a control unit, an electrical double-layer capacitor, a first power supply unit, and a second power supply unit, wherein

the first power supply unit comprises:

a plurality of voltage conversion chips, each voltage conversion chip being communicated with a corresponding load unit;

the second power supply unit comprises:

a plurality of voltage division components, each voltage conversion chip being connected to a corresponding next-level load unit through one voltage division component;

the monitoring unit is connected to the load units, and the monitoring unit is configured to:

acquire state information of each load unit and transmit each state information to the control unit; and

the control unit is separately connected to the electrical double-layer capacitor, the first power supply unit, and the second power supply unit, and the control unit is configured to:

receive each state information transmitted by the monitoring unit; and

under a condition that state information of a target load unit is abnormal, control a voltage division component connected to the target load unit to be conducted, and

supplement power supply for the target load unit using the electrical double-layer capacitor; and

the electronic device comprises:

a storage device, configured to store computer programs;

a processor, configured to execute the computer programs to:

receive the state information of a plurality of the load units transmitted by the monitoring unit; and

under a condition that the state information of the target load unit is abnormal, control the voltage division component connected to the target load unit to be conducted, and supplement the power supply for the target load unit using the electrical double-layer capacitor.

17 . The electronic device according to claim 16 , wherein the processor is configured to:

read theoretical voltage values corresponding to the load units in a normal power supply state from memory;

determine whether voltage values corresponding to the load units match the theoretical voltage values corresponding to the load units;

under a condition that a voltage value of the target load unit does not match a theoretical voltage value of the target load unit, control the voltage division component connected to the target load unit to be conducted; and

under a condition that the electrical double-layer capacitor satisfies a discharge condition, supplement the power supply for the target load unit using the electrical double-layer capacitor, and switch the voltage division component connected to the target load unit to an OFF state.

18 . The electronic device according to claim 17 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

under a condition that the voltage value of the target load unit does not match the theoretical voltage value of the target load unit, receive a capacitance value of the electrical double-layer capacitor, a power supplementing voltage value of the electrical double-layer capacitor, and a load current value of the target load unit which are transmitted by the monitoring unit;

determine power supplement time according to the capacitance value of the electrical double-layer capacitor, the power supplementing voltage value of the electrical double-layer capacitor, and the load current value of the target load unit;

restore the target load unit under a condition that the power supplement time is greater than power supply anomaly restoration time; and

back up the target load unit under a condition that the power supplement time is less than or equal to the power supply anomaly restoration time.

19 . The electronic device according to claim 17 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive load communication data of the load units transmitted by the monitoring unit; and

under a condition that target load communication data corresponding to the target load unit is abnormal and a target voltage value is normal, migrate service data of the target load unit to a corresponding load unit on a peer control device, whereby the corresponding load unit on the peer control device processes the service data, marks new service data after processing, and caches marked new service data in memory.

20 . The electronic device according to claim 19 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

after that the service data of the target load unit is migrated to the corresponding load unit on the peer control device, send a reset signal to the target load unit to restart the target load unit based on the reset signal;

receive the target load communication data of the target load unit transmitted by the monitoring unit;

under a condition that the target load communication data is normal, read the marked new service data from the memory; and

send the marked new service data to the target load unit, whereby the target load unit processes the marked new service data and stores a processing result in a hard disk.