Single phase or three-phase field configurable power assembly
US5721458A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 31, 1995 |
| Grant date | Feb 24, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 31, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08C19/00
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The capability of base power units which have phase switching capabilities which can be controlled upon sensing the power condition and status of other base power units is taken advantage of to provide a modular scalable power assembly. The base power units, which are preferably identical, are inserted into a plurality of slots so as to be pluggable into a circuit backplane which automatically provides the requisite interconnections between the base power units. The power assembly of the present invention is particularly useful in supplying power to scalable parallel processing computer systems.
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