This application claims the priority benefit of Taiwan application serial no. 108106104, filed on Feb. 22, 2019. The entirety of the above-mentioned patent application is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this specification.
The invention relates to a power backplane assembly and a power supply module, and more particularly, to a CRPS power backplane assembly and a power supply module capable of outputting multiple voltages.
In response to the arrival of the IoT era, power supplies used to support big data operations and automated applications, such as cloud, network communication, storage, enterprise servers and workstations etc., have also transformed. The various power supply products on the market have developed towards having features such as higher efficiency, higher power density and being equipped with intelligent functions. In order to unify the size of the many server power supplies available on the market, Intel revised the version 2.0 power design principles in May 2017 which specify the latest CRPS (Common Redundant Power Supply) size and other hardware functions, which became the design guidelines of the server power supplies currently available on the market. However, an output voltage of the CRPS power supply is only output at 12V, which cannot meet voltage requirements of various external devices.
The invention provides a power backplane assembly that has the advantage of being able to output a variety of voltages.
The invention provides a power supply module which has the power supply module described above.
A power backplane assembly of the invention is adapted to be connected to a power supply. The power supply outputs a first voltage. The power backplane assembly includes a backplane body, a conversion circuit board, and an output circuit board. The backplane body is for plugging in the power supply. The conversion circuit board is electrically connected to the backplane body. The backplane body is adapted to deliver the first voltage to the conversion circuit board. The conversion circuit board converts the first voltage into a second voltage. The output circuit board is electrically connected to the conversion circuit board, and the output circuit board includes a first output connector and a second output connector. The first output connector is configured to output the first voltage, and the second output connector is at least configured to output the second voltage.
In an embodiment of the invention, the power backplane assembly further includes a plurality of conductive members. The backplane body has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, and the backplane body includes a backplane connector disposed on the first surface. The power supply is plugged in the backplane connector. The first conductive members are disposed between the second surface of the backplane body and the conversion circuit board to electrically connect the backplane body to the conversion circuit board.
In an embodiment of the invention, the first conductive members include a plurality of copper rails, a plurality of copper pillars or a plurality of wires.
In an embodiment of the invention, the power backplane assembly further includes a plurality of second conductive members disposed between the conversion circuit board and the output circuit board to electrically connect the conversion circuit board to the output circuit board.
In an embodiment of the invention, the second conductive members include a plurality of copper rails, a plurality of copper pillars or a plurality of wires.
In an embodiment of the invention, the cooper pillars penetrate the conversion circuit board.
In an embodiment of the invention, the output circuit board has a third surface and a fourth surface opposite to each other, the third surface faces the conversion circuit board, and the first output connector and the second output connector are disposed on the fourth surface.
In an embodiment of the invention, the second output connector outputs the first voltage and the second voltage.
In an embodiment of the invention, the second output connector is a standard 24-pin connector.
A power supply module of the invention includes a power supply and the power backplane assembly described above. The power supply outputs a first voltage. The power supply is plugged in the backplane body of the power backplane assembly. The conversion circuit board of the power backplane assembly converts the first voltage into the second voltage. The first output connector of the output circuit board outputs the first voltage, and the second output connector at least outputs the second voltage.
Based on the above, the power backplane assembly of the invention includes the backplane body connected to the power supply, the conversion circuit board connected to the backplane body, and the output circuit board connected to the conversion circuit board. The backplane body of the power backplane assembly of the invention receives the first voltage of the power supply. The conversion circuit board of the power backplane assembly converts a part of the first voltage into the second voltage to be delivered to the output circuit board, so as to provide a plurality of different output voltages.
To make the aforementioned more comprehensible, several embodiments accompanied with drawings are described in detail as follows.
The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
Reference will now be made in detail to the present preferred embodiments of the invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers are used in the drawings and the description to refer to the same or like parts.
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The power backplane assembly 100 includes a backplane body 110, a conversion circuit board 120, and an output circuit board 130. The power supply 10 is plugged in the backplane body 110 of the backplane body 100.
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In addition, the conversion circuit board 120 is electrically connected to the backplane body 110. In this embodiment, the power backplane assembly 100 further includes a plurality of first conductive members 140. The first conductive members 140 are disposed between the second surface 114 of the backplane body 110 and the conversion circuit board 120 to electrically connect the backplane body 110 to the conversion circuit board 120. When the conversion circuit board 120 receives the first voltage from the backplane body 110, the conversion circuit board 120 can at least convert a part of the first voltage into a second voltage.
Further, the output circuit board 130 has a third surface 136 and a fourth surface 138, and the third surface 136 faces the conversion circuit board 120. The output circuit board 130 is electrically connected to the conversion circuit board 120. More specifically, the power backplane assembly 100 includes a plurality of second conductive members 150. The second conductive members 150 are disposed between the conversion circuit board 120 and the output circuit board 130 to electrically connect the conversion circuit board 120 to the output circuit board 130.
In this embodiment, the output circuit board 130 further includes a first output connector 132 and a second output connector 134. The first output connector 132 and the second output connector 134 are disposed on the fourth surface 138 of the output circuit board 130. The first output connector 132 is configured to output the first voltage, and the second output connector 134 is at least configured to output the second voltage.
In other words, in this embodiment, the conversion circuit board 120 allows a part of voltage from the backplane body 110 to pass through in form of the first voltage to be delivered to the first output connector 132 of the output circuit board 130, which then outputs the first voltage. In addition, the conversion circuit board 120 at least converts a part of the first voltage into the second voltage to be output by the second output connector 134. In this embodiment, the first voltage is, for example, 12 volts, and the second voltage is, for example, 3.3 volts or 5 volts. Naturally, values of the first voltage and the second voltage are not limited to the above.
It should be noted that the conversion circuit board 120 of the power backplane assembly 100 of the present embodiment can convert not only the first voltage into the second voltage but also other voltages.
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It is worth noting that since the wattage supplied by the power supply module 1 is quite large, the amount of current passing through the power supply backplane assembly 100 can be considerable large. Therefore, a very large number of wires may be required between the backplane body 110 and the conversion circuit board 120 and between the conversion circuit board 120 and the output circuit board 130 to be able to load and deliver such amount of current.
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Further, in this embodiment, as shown in
Furthermore, in this embodiment, the copper rails 142 and 152 and the copper pillar 154 can provide a heat dissipation function. More specifically, since copper itself has better thermal conductivity, the copper rails 142 and 152 of the present embodiment are designed in the same form as a heat sink to provide a large heat dissipation surface, so that the first conductive members 140 and the second conductive members 150 can achieve an additional effect of dissipating heat. Naturally, in other embodiments, forms of the first conductive members 140 and thee second conductive members 150 may be adjusted according to actual needs, and the invention is not limited thereto.
It should be noted that the first conductive members 140 and the second conductive members 150 may be any one or a combination of at least two of the copper rails 142, the copper pillar 154 and wires. In addition, in other embodiments, other conductive members may be selected. In other words, the number, type, and shape of the conductive members may be adjusted as needed, and the invention is not limited thereto.
In summary, the power backplane assembly of the invention includes the backplane body connected to the power supply, the conversion circuit board connected to the backplane body, and the output circuit board connected to the conversion circuit board. The power backplane assembly converts a part of the first voltage from the backplane body into the second voltage using the conversion circuit board such that the output circuit board can at least output the first voltage and the second voltage. Further, in an embodiment, the copper rails or/and the copper pillars may be used to connect the backplane body with the conversion circuit board and connect the conversion circuit board with the output circuit board. Because the copper rails or/and the copper pillar can withstand a large amount of current, in addition to simplifying the structure of the power backplane assembly, improving the convenience of assembly and maintenance and providing the advantage of withstanding a frequent plugging, the structure of the power backplane assembly can be positioned and stabilized and a favorable heat dissipation can also be provided.
Although the invention has been described with reference to the above embodiments, it will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that modifications to the described embodiments may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of the invention will be defined by the attached claims and not by the above detailed descriptions.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the structure of the present invention without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention. In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the present invention cover modifications and variations of this invention provided they fall within the scope of the following claims and their equivalents.
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108106104 | Feb 2019 | TW | national |