Methods and equipment for reducing power loss in cellular systems
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorsJohn Thomas Hanley, Charles John Mann
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Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure provide systems and devices for providing power to one or more remote radio heads used in telecommunications. Some aspects provide a power supply system comprising a first power supply and a plurality of second power supplies configured to be installed in a rack shelf. Each of the plurality of second power supplies is configured to receive a first power signal from the first power supply and provide a second power signal to a respective remote radio head from a plurality of remote radio heads, and at least first inputs to each of the plurality of second power supplies may be ganged together.
Claims19
A power supply system comprising:
- a first power supply installed in a rack;
- a plurality of second power supplies, each second power supply in the plurality of second power supplies configured to be installed in a rack shelf next to the first power supply installed in the rack, wherein a plurality of busbar extensions separately couple each of the plurality of second power supplies to the first power supply, wherein each busbar extension in the plurality of busbar extensions is an additional busbar to a busbar that couples components on the first power supply to one another, wherein each of the plurality of second power supplies is configured to receive a first power signal from the first power supply and provide a second power signal to a respective radio from a plurality of radios, wherein the radio is located outside the rack.
A telecommunications system comprising:
- a plurality of remote radio heads outside a rack;
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- a plurality of second power supplies, each second power supply in the plurality of second power supplies configured to be installed in a rack shelf in the rack, wherein each of the plurality of second power supplies is configured to receive a first power signal from the first power supply and provide a second power signal to a respective radio from the plurality of radios, and wherein at least first inputs to each of the plurality of second power supplies are ganged together;
- a plurality of output breakers, wherein each output breaker is electrically coupled between a respective second power supply of the plurality of second power supplies and the respective radio, wherein the output breakers are each controlled by a respective toggle or switch, wherein the respective toggle or switch is located on a front panel of the rack shelf;
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- a controller configured to control the respective toggle or switch for the output breakers in response to an input.
A power supply system comprising:
- a plurality of second power supplies, each second power supply in the plurality of second power supplies configured to be installed in a rack shelf next to a first power supply installed in the rack shelf, wherein a busbar extension separately couples the plurality of second power supplies to the first power supply, wherein the busbar extension is an additional busbar to a busbar that couples components on the first power supply to one another, wherein each of the plurality of second power supplies is configured to receive a first power signal from the first power supply and provide a second power signal to a respective radio from a plurality of radios;
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- a plurality of output breakers, wherein each output breaker is electrically coupled between a respective second power supply of the plurality of second power supplies and the respective radio, wherein the output breakers are each controlled by a respective toggle or switch;
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- a controller configured to control the respective toggle or switch for the output breakers in response to an input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.