SG11201903695SA - Powering electronic devices in a data center - Google Patents

Abstract

INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property 1 #1 11111 0 11101 010 11111 01 110 1 0 I OH 0111 1101 OHM I MI MI 00 1111 Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date .....0\"\" WO 2018/126216 A3 05 July 2018 (05.07.2018) WIP0 I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: (72) Inventors: SAKALKAR, Varun; 1600 Amphitheatre HO5K 7/14 (2006.01) HO4B 3/54 (2006.01) Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 (US). SASTRY, GO6F 1/18 (2006.01) H02B 1/20 (2006.01) Jyoti; 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA HO2B 1/21 (2006.01) 94043 (US). KENNEDY, James; 1600 Amphitheatre Park- (21) International Application Number: way, Mountain View, CA 94043 (US). LAO, Eduardo; PCT/US2017/069106 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 (US). MALONE, Christopher, Gregory; 1600 Amphithe- (22) International Filing Date: atre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 (US). KAM, 29 December 2017 (29.12.2017) Pascal; 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 (US). (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (74) Agent: FRANZ, Paul, E.; Fish & Richardson P.C., P.O. Box 1022, Minneapolis, MN 55440-1022 (US). (30) Priority Data: (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every 15/395,323 30 December 2016 (30.12.2016) US kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, 15/395,756 30 December 2016 (30.12.2016) US AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, 15/395,361 30 December 2016 (30.12.2016) US CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, (71) Applicant: GOOGLE LLC [US/US]; 1600 Amphitheatre DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 (US). HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, = (54) Title: POWERING ELECTRONIC DEVICES IN A DATA CENTER = 100--- N, 102 , , = _ = - = 126 128 124 ,-114 126--N 114-N. • 122 122--,1 -N,128 (124 104 128 124 126 126 \"--114 114 -N.. (-122 122m4 -N.128 124 = = 136-N, 136 i4 ,--138 I() --. 134 134 El El I-1 1-1 I-1 = = = = = = 106 1 134 10 130 106 111 111 ) Al 140 106 130 106 111 ) 132 - 118 130 118 118 130 118 M FIG. 1 C ,tD 1-1 el (57) : A data center power system includes an electrical power conductor that includes a live conductor surface and is config- t: ured to carry direct current (DC) power from a power source through a human-occupiable workspace of a data center; a grounded con- \" ductor positioned in the human-occupiable workspace apart from the electrical power conductor; a first electrical connector configured 1-1 —. to mount to a data center rack that supports a plurality of electronic devices, the first electrical connector moveable to electrically contact GC the live conductor surface of the electrical power conductor; and a second electrical conductor positioned on the rack and configured 1-1 © to electrically contact the grounded conductor. ei O [Continued on next page] WO 2018/126216 A3 MUNRO DOI 01011MHE I OMMOHEIHMEOMEMON MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Declarations under Rule 4.17: — as to applicant's entitlement to apply for and be granted a patent (Rule 4.17(H)) — as to the applicant's entitlement to claim the priority of the earlier application (Rule 4.17(iii)) Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) — before the expiration of the time limit for amending the claims and to be republished in the event of receipt of amendments (Rule 48.2(h)) (88) Date of publication of the international search report: 13 September 2018 (13.09.2018)