IP Library Granted Patent US 10,123,450
Granted Patent B2
US 10,123,450 · App. 15/153,348 · Granted Nov 6, 2018

High voltage direct current power generator for computer server data centers

Inventor: Pierluigi Sarti (Milpitas, CA)
Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
H05K7/1492H02M1/4216H02M7/06
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Patent No.
US 10,123,450
App. No.
15/153,348
Granted
Nov 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Some embodiments include a high voltage direct current (HVDC) power generator system for information technology (IT) racks. The HVDC power generator system can include a three-phase alternating current (AC) transformer having a primary winding and a plurality of secondary windings. A plurality of three-phase bridge rectifier circuits can be electrically coupled respectively to the plurality of secondary windings. The HVDC power generator system can include output terminals for powering its load. A first string of bridge rectifier circuits can be in series with each other and a first inductor. A second string of bridge rectifier circuits can be in series with each other and a second inductor. The first and second strings can be electrically coupled in parallel to the output terminals.

Claims (8)

1. A high voltage direct current (HVDC) power generator system, comprising:

output terminals for powering a load of the HVDC power generator system;

a three-phase alternating current (AC) transformer having a single primary winding and a plurality of secondary windings including a Y-configuration winding, a delta-configuration winding, and two extended-delta configuration windings; and

a plurality of three-phase bridge rectifier circuits electrically coupled respectively to the plurality of secondary windings; and

wherein a first string of bridge rectifier circuits in series with each other and a first inductor, and a second string of bridge rectifier circuits in series with each other and a second inductor are electrically coupled in parallel to the output terminals.

2. The HVDC power generator system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of secondary windings includes four secondary windings, wherein each of the four secondary windings provides for four different phase shifts in constant and increasing steps.

3. The HVDC power generator system of claim 1 , wherein the primary winding has a three-phase delta configuration.

4. The HVDC power generator system of claim 1 , further comprising an energy storage device coupled in parallel to the output terminals.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 18, 2022
From: FACEBOOK, INC.
To: META PLATFORMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 059191/0695 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE THE ASSIGNEE NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 049392 FRAME: 0376. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASIGNMENT. Recorded Feb 2, 2022
From: SARTI, PIERLUIGI
To: FACEBOOK, INC.
Reel/Frame 058949/0885 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 6, 2019
From: SARTI, PIERLUIGI
To: FACEBOOK, INC.,
Reel/Frame 049392/0376 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2016
From: SARTI, PIERLUIGI
To: FACEBOOK, INC.
Reel/Frame 039399/0058 →
Continuity (1)
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