IP Library Granted Patent US 12,141,008
Granted Patent B2
US 12,141,008 · App. 18/016,953 · Granted Nov 12, 2024

Voltage pump circuit and method supporting power-down data protection

Inventor: Kai Yang (Jiangsu, CN)
Assignee: INSPUR SUZHOU INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 12,141,008
App. No.
18/016,953
Granted
Nov 12, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A voltage pump circuit and method for supporting power-down data protection. The circuit includes: a first capacitor connected to a voltage source; a second capacitor connected to the first capacitor by a second metal oxide semiconductor (MOS); a boost chopper connected to the voltage source and the first capacitor and connected to the second capacitor by a first MOS; a buck chopper connected to the second capacitor and a hard disk; a logic chip connected to the voltage source, the first MOS and the second MOS, where the logic chip is configured to control on or off of the first MOS and the second MOS according to voltage information of the voltage source to realize normal power supply to the hard disk for a normal voltage source, and to prolong power supply time to the hard disk for an abnormal and closed voltage source to save cache data.

Claims (48)

1. A voltage pump circuit for supporting power-down data protection, comprising:

a first capacitor connected to a voltage source;

a second capacitor connected to the first capacitor by means of a second metal oxide semiconductor (MOS);

a boost chopper connected to the voltage source and the first capacitor respectively and connected to the second capacitor by means of a first MOS;

a buck chopper connected to the second capacitor and a hard disk respectively;

a third capacitor connected to the hard disk and connected to the second capacitor by means of the buck chopper to filter supply voltage of the hard disk; and

a logic chip connected to the voltage source and connected to the first MOS and the second MOS respectively, wherein

the logic chip is configured to control on or off of the first MOS and the second MOS according to voltage information of the voltage source, so as to realize normal power supply to the hard disk under a condition that the voltage source is normal, and to prolong power supply time to the hard disk under a condition that the voltage source is abnormal and turned off, whereby the hard disk completes saving system cache data.

2. The voltage pump circuit for supporting power-down data protection according to claim 1 , wherein the voltage pump circuit further comprises:

a first diode connected to the second capacitor, connected to the boost chopper by means of the first MOS, and configured to prevent current from flowing backward from the second capacitor to the boost chopper; and

a second diode connected to the second capacitor, connected to the first capacitor by means of the second MOS, and configured to prevent the current from flowing backward from the second capacitor to the first capacitor.

3. The voltage pump circuit for supporting power-down data protection according to claim 1 , wherein the logic chip is further configured to:

under a condition that the logic chip detects that the voltage information of the voltage source is normal, control the second MOS to turn on and the first MOS to turn off, so as to supply power to the second capacitor by means of the voltage source.

4. The voltage pump circuit for supporting power-down data protection according to claim 1 , wherein the logic chip is further configured to:

under a condition that the logic chip detects that the voltage information of the voltage source is abnormal, control the second MOS to turn off and the first MOS to turn on, whereby the first capacitor supplies power to the second capacitor after boosting by the boost chopper.

5. The voltage pump circuit for supporting power-down data protection according to claim 1 , wherein the boost chopper is further configured to:

under a condition that the logic chip detects that the voltage information of the voltage source is abnormal, boost a voltage of the first capacitor to a first preset voltage, so as to charge the second capacitor by means of the first preset voltage.

6. The voltage pump circuit for supporting power-down data protection according to claim 1 , wherein the buck chopper is further configured to:

buck a voltage of the second capacitor to a second preset voltage, so as to supply power to the hard disk by means of the second preset voltage.

7. The voltage pump circuit for supporting power-down data protection according to claim 1 , wherein the first MOS and the second MOS are high-voltage resistant MOSs.

8. The voltage pump circuit for supporting power-down data protection according to claim 1 , wherein the first capacitor and the second capacitor are supercapacitors.

9. The voltage pump circuit for supporting power-down data protection according to claim 8 , wherein the first capacitor and the second capacitor are the supercapacitors with high-voltage resistant ranges.

10. The voltage pump circuit for supporting power-down data protection according to claim 1 , wherein body diodes of the first MOS and the second MOS are reversed.

11. The voltage pump circuit for supporting power-down data protection according to claim 2 , wherein the first diode and the second diode are unidirectionally conductive.

12. A method for supporting power-down data protection, comprising:

detecting voltage information of a voltage source by a logic chip;

in response to a detection that the voltage information is normal, controlling, by the logic chip, the voltage source to charge a first capacitor and a second capacitor, and providing supply voltage for a hard disk by the voltage source;

in response to a detection that the voltage information is abnormal, controlling, by the logic chip, a voltage provided by the first capacitor to boost to a first preset voltage by a boost chopper, charging the second capacitor by means of the first preset voltage, and providing the supply voltage for the hard disk by the second capacitor; and

bucking by a buck chopper and filtering by a third capacitor the supply voltage to obtain a second preset voltage, and supplying power to the hard disk by means of the second preset voltage.

13. The method for supporting power-down data protection according to claim 12 , further comprising:

connecting the boost chopper and the second capacitor to each other by means of a first metal oxide semiconductor (MOS), connecting the first capacitor and the second capacitor to each other by means of a second MOS, and controlling on or off of the first MOS and the second MOS according to the voltage information detected by the logic chip, so as to select a circuit path for supplying the power to the hard disk.

14. The method for supporting power-down data protection according to claim 12 , further comprising:

connecting the second capacitor and the boost chopper to each other by means of a first diode, and configuring the first diode to prevent current from flowing backward from the second capacitor to the boost chopper; and

connecting the second capacitor and the first capacitor to each other by means of a second diode, and configuring the second diode to prevent the current from flowing backward from the second capacitor to the first capacitor.

15. The method for supporting power-down data protection according to claim 13 , wherein the first MOS and the second MOS are high-voltage resistant MOSs.

16. The method for supporting power-down data protection according to claim 12 , wherein the first capacitor and the second capacitor are supercapacitors.

17. The method for supporting power-down data protection according to claim 16 , wherein the first capacitor and the second capacitor are the supercapacitors with high-voltage resistant ranges.

18. The method for supporting power-down data protection according to claim 13 , wherein body diodes of the first MOS and the second MOS are reversed.

19. The method for supporting power-down data protection according to claim 14 , wherein the first diode and the second diode are unidirectionally conductive.

20. A voltage pump circuit for supporting power-down data protection, comprising:

a first capacitor connected to a voltage source;

a second capacitor connected to the first capacitor by means of a second metal oxide semiconductor (MOS);

a boost chopper connected to the voltage source and the first capacitor respectively and connected to the second capacitor by means of a first MOS;

a buck chopper connected to the second capacitor and a hard disk respectively;

a first diode connected to the second capacitor, connected to the boost chopper by means of the first MOS, and configured to prevent current from flowing backward from the second capacitor to the boost chopper;

a second diode connected to the second capacitor, connected to the first capacitor by means of the second MOS, and configured to prevent the current from flowing backward from the second capacitor to the first capacitor; and

a logic chip connected to the voltage source and connected to the first MOS and the second MOS respectively, wherein

the logic chip is configured to control on or off of the first MOS and the second MOS according to voltage information of the voltage source, so as to realize normal power supply to the hard disk under a condition that the voltage source is normal, and to prolong power supply time to the hard disk under a condition that the voltage source is abnormal and turned off, whereby the hard disk completes saving system cache data.

Assignments (2)
LICENSE Recorded Jun 30, 2026
From: IEIT SYSTEMS CO., LTD
To: AIVRES SYSTEMS INC.
Reel/Frame 075857/0939 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2023
From: YANG, KAI
To: INSPUR SUZHOU INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062436/0879 →
Priority Claims (1)
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