CN101132680A - Water-cooling radiating device with alarm to exception status and its alarm method - Google Patents

Water-cooling radiating device with alarm to exception status and its alarm method Download PDF

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CN101132680A
CN101132680A CNA2006100372298A CN200610037229A CN101132680A CN 101132680 A CN101132680 A CN 101132680A CN A2006100372298 A CNA2006100372298 A CN A2006100372298A CN 200610037229 A CN200610037229 A CN 200610037229A CN 101132680 A CN101132680 A CN 101132680A
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This invention discloses a water-cooling radiation device with warning of abnormal state and a method, in which, several sensing units are used in sensing generation of abnormal state of the device and transmitting sensing signals to trigger the control unit to control the warning unit for caution, and different states can have different cautions to be distinguished by users and turning-off is controlled automatically so as to avoid the system is harmed by the abnormal state.

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The water-cooled power converter of tool alarm to exception status and alarming method for power thereof
Technical field
The invention relates to a kind of water-cooled power converter, but some kinds of unusual conditions of particularly a kind of sensing and the device and the alarming method for power thereof of corresponding caution are arranged.
Background technology
Along with progressing greatly and the computing electronic building brick of electronic manufacturing technology, as central processing unit (centralprocessing unit, CPU) the high thermal source radiating requirements of etc. high-frequency high-speed computing generation, and be used in the water-cooled power converter of heating on the electronic building brick, its structure is by water cooler, circulation group Pu and radiating seat are formed, and link mutually by pipeline and to form a liquid circulation loop, promptly utilize the running at circulation group Pu, water or cryogenic liquid are flowed in the radiating seat via pipeline, carry out forming after the heat exchange in the pipeline that high-temp liquid flows out again, and deliver to carry out heat exchange in the water cooler after, form constant temperature or cryogenic liquid again and flow back to circulation group Pu place, to form the water-cooled power converter of circulation via pipeline.
Water-cooled power converter is to utilize the liquid cold and hot alternate cycles and the purpose that reaches electronic building brick heat radiation, yet, liquid in the pipeline might be owing to circuit design bad or other external force factor make leak of liquid, the electrical short that causes central processing unit or other electronic building brick to cause because of poor heat radiation or because of the liquid of leakage is damaged.Therefore, in order to prevent above-mentioned condition, a detection or alarm device must be applied to water-cooled power converter with the detecting leak of liquid.
Known applications is in the detection or the alarm device of water-cooled power converter, mainly be to be installed between the flow path of the liquid of water-cooled power converter, directly contact to carry out the detection of flow or flow velocity with liquid, and this kind detection mode, not only need to be connected with the pipeline or the container of water-cooled power converter, increased the position that assembles with the possibility leak of liquid relatively, and with the direct contact detection of liquid, the then essential characteristic that cooperates liquid, as resistance to acids and bases consideration etc., make that cost is higher and repair and replacement are more difficult.
Another known application is to utilize the light detection techniques to solve the shortcoming of a last known technology, it mainly utilizes light to detect liquid flowing state in the water-cooled power converter, change to produce different electrical signals output according to light intensity by pipeline, with no fluid running in the pipeline in device or do not reach and produce alarm when setting flow, yet, utilize this kind detection mode, when liquid is when leaking in the mode of a small amount of and low flow rate, perhaps when pipeline and light detection element were covered by dust, the result of this time detecting just can't do effective differentiation.
Summary of the invention
In order to solve the aforesaid drawbacks, the present invention proposes a kind of water-cooled power converter and alarming method for power thereof of tool alarm to exception status, when being used for water-cooled power converter generation unusual condition, water-cooled power converter can send caution automatically to notify the user, and automatically control outage is subjected to the infringement of unusual condition with the system that avoids using water-cooled power converter.
According to a particular embodiment of the invention, several sensing cells, alarm unit and control unit are wherein proposed, each sensing cell is the unusual condition generation in order to the sensing water-cooled power converter, and when unusual condition takes place, each sensing cell can send sensing signal and control alarm unit with trigger control unit and send caution, be different cautions to be arranged, differentiate so that the user to be provided according to different unusual conditions.
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Fig. 1 is the functional block diagram for water-cooled power converter of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is for using the alarming method for power flow chart of water-cooled power converter.
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Below in execution mode, be described in detail detailed features of the present invention and advantage, its content is enough to make any industry practician to understand technology contents of the present invention and implements according to this, and according to content, the claim and graphic that this specification proposed, any industry practician can understand purpose and the advantage that the present invention is correlated with easily.
Please refer to Fig. 1, be the functional block diagram for water-cooled power converter of the present invention, water-cooled power converter 10 comprises circulation group Pu 110, radiator fan 120, humidity unit 130, group's Pu sensing cell 140, fan sensing cell 150, control unit 160 and alarm unit 170.Control unit 160 basic input/output (the basic input/output system that more comprises i/o controller 161 and be embedded in i/o controller 161 wherein, BIOS) 162, basic input/output 162 is the roles for a system break management processor (system management interrupt handler, SMI handler).
In specific embodiments of the invention, water-cooled power converter 10 is can be installed in the host machine casing of desktop PC, and in order to reduce the temperature of central processing unit, wherein alarm unit 170 is to can be combining or both one of signal alarm and warning lamp; I/o controller 161 is to can be combining of an ICH7 (input/outputcontroller hub 7) and DME1737SIO (super input/output), ICH7 is in order to reception humidity unit 130 and the sensing signal of helping Pu sensing cell 140, and DME1737SIO is in order to receive the sensing signal of fan sensing cell 150.As shown in Figure 1, power supply unit 11 is the assemblies that comprised for a non-water-cooled power converter 10, yet in specific embodiments of the invention, power supply unit 11 also can be the assembly that water-cooled power converter 10 comprises.
Under normal running, power supply unit 11 is in order to supply electric power in water-cooled power converter 10, can operate so that devices such as circulation group Pu 110, radiator fan 120 and each sensing cell to be provided; Circulation group Pu 110 is in order to the circulation power of water or cooling liquid to be provided; Radiator fan 120 is in order to water or cooling liquid cooling with high temperature; Humidity unit 130 is in order to the humidity in the sensing host machine casing; Group's Pu sensing cell 140 is to have or not normal operation in order to sensing circulation group Pu 110; Fan sensing cell 150 is to have or not normal operation in order to sensing radiator fan 120; Alarm unit 170 is the alarm devices for water-cooled power converter 10, when unusual condition takes place, in order to give the alarm; And control unit 160 is to give the alarm and control power supply unit 11 stop supplies electric power in order to control alarm unit 170.
Please refer to Fig. 2, is to be the alarming method for power flow chart of application water-cooled power converter 10, and its included step is as follows: power supply unit 11 is powered at water-cooled power converter 10 (step 201); Under normal operation, each sensing cell sensing unusual condition has or not generation (step 202); If sensing unusual condition and take place at least wherein of each sensing cell, sense the sensing cell that unusual condition takes place and send sensing signal to control unit 160 (step 203); Sensing signal trigger control unit 160 produces system break supervisory signal (step 204); Control unit 160 is according to the triggering source of system break supervisory signal, to send different alarms (step 205); Control unit 160 control power supply units 11 stop power supply (step 206).
As mentioned above, the humidity that unusual condition can be in the host machine casing is too high, circulation group Pu 110 decommissions, perhaps radiator fan 120 rotating speeds are crossed low or are shut down, when take place these situations at least one of them the time, the corresponding sensing unit senses is after situation, transmit sensing signal S1 separately, S2 and S3 are to i/o controller 161 (as step 203), sensing signal S1, S2 and S3 produce system break supervisory signal SMI# and nHWM_INT# (as step 204) in order to trigger i/o controller 161, basic input/output 162 is classifications of discerning unusual condition according to the triggering source of system break supervisory signal SMI# and nHWM_INT#, send different alarm (as step 205) according to the classification of different unusual conditions with control alarm unit 170 again, then control power supply unit 11 stop supplies electric power (as step 206).
Hardware about control unit 160 is realized, be to select general I/O different in the i/o controller 161 (general purpose input/output pins, hereinafter to be referred as GPIO) the pin position to be to connect humidity unit 130 separately, group's Pu sensing cell 140 and fan sensing cell 150, can receive other sensing signal S1, S2 and S3, cause the generation of triggering system interrupt management signal SMI# and nHWM_INT#, for example i/o controller 161 is ICH7 and DME1737SIO, is to select GPIO0 to GPIO15 to be used as the pin position of each sensing cell input.In addition, in basic input/output 162, be to carry out the sequencing of its corresponding system break supervisory signal SMI# and nHWM_INT# at the input or the GPI (general purpose input) of different GPIO pin positions, this sequencing is the start that there is different alarm unit 170 in the different triggering source of decision, and the alarm running of water-cooled power converter 10 is exemplified below.
For example select GPIO2 or GPI[2] connection humidity unit, pin position 130, when the humidity in host machine casing takes place is too high, GPI[2] the pin position receives sensing signal S1, cause the generation that triggers corresponding system break supervisory signal SMI#, basic input/output 162 is " humidity in the host machine casing is too high " according to triggering source category, therefore control alarm unit 170 and send alert sound/continuous flashing light continuously, then control power supply unit 11 stop supplies electric power.
For example select GPIO3 or GPI[3] pin position connection group Pu sensing cell 140, when helping Pu 110 to decommission when taking place to circulate, GPI[3] the pin position receives sensing signal S2, cause the generation that triggers corresponding system break supervisory signal SMI#, basic input/output 162 is " circulation group Pu 110 decommissions " according to triggering source category, therefore controlling alarm unit 170 sends alert sound/continuous two flashing lights continuously two, then controls power supply unit 11 stop supplies electric power.
For example select GPIO4 or GPI[4] pin position connection fan sensing cell 150, when generation radiator fan 120 rotating speeds are crossed low or are stopped going up running, GPI[4] the pin position receives sensing signal S3, cause the generation that triggers corresponding system break supervisory signal nHWM_INT#, basic input/output 162 is " radiator fan 120 rotating speeds are crossed low or shut down " according to triggering source category, therefore controlling alarm unit 170 sends alert sound/continuous three flashing lights continuously three, then controls power supply unit 11 stop supplies electric power.

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1. the water-cooled power converter of a tool alarm to exception status is characterized in that: include
One power supply unit is in order to supply an electric power in this water-cooled power converter;
At least one sensing cell is in order to the generation of at least one anomalous event of sensing;
One alarm unit is when these sensing cells sense these anomalous events generations, in order to send a caution;
One control unit is in order to control the running of this power supply unit and this alarm unit;
Wherein, when this anomalous event of this sensing cell sensing takes place, transmit a sensing signal, control this alarm unit and send this caution, control this this electric power of power supply unit stop supplies to drive this control unit to this control unit.
2. the water-cooled power converter of tool alarm to exception status according to claim 1 is characterized in that: this water-cooled device more comprises an a gang of Pu and a fan.
3. the water-cooled power converter of tool alarm to exception status according to claim 2 is characterized in that: this anomalous event is to be at least one of them that this water-cooled power converter leaks, this group Pu decommissions and this fan shuts down.
4. the water-cooled power converter of tool alarm to exception status according to claim 1 is characterized in that: this caution is to be a resonant.
5. the water-cooled power converter of tool alarm to exception status according to claim 1 is characterized in that: this caution is to be a visual signal.
6. the alarming method for power of the water-cooled power converter of a tool alarm to exception status, it is characterized in that: the step of this method includes:
The generation of at least one anomalous event of sensing is by at least one sensing cell sensing;
Sending at least one sensing signal to a control unit, is to send by sensing this corresponding this sensing cell of anomalous event institute;
Trigger this control unit according to this sensing signal and produce at least one interrupt signal;
According to the corresponding at least one triggering of this interrupt signal source, send at least one caution to control an alarm unit;
Controlling a power supply unit stops power supply.
7. the alarming method for power of the water-cooled power converter of tool alarm to exception status according to claim 6 is characterized in that: anomalous event is at least one of them that this water-cooled power converter leaks, a gang of Pu decommissions and a fan shuts down.
8. the alarming method for power of the water-cooled power converter of tool alarm to exception status according to claim 6 is characterized in that: this caution is to be a resonant.
9. the alarming method for power of the water-cooled power converter of tool alarm to exception status according to claim 6 is characterized in that: this caution is to be a visual signal.
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