# US 12,463,531 B2 · Multi-input power system with inrush current suppression function

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- Number: US 12,463,531 B2
- Document ID: US12463531B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/540,052
- Filed: 2023-12-14
- Published: 2025-05-22
- Granted: 2025-11-04
- Earliest claimed: 2023-11-17
- Assignees: Asian Power Devices Inc.
- Applicants: Asian Power Devices Inc.
- Inventors: Tsung-Liang Hung
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12463531B2

## CPC

- H02M 1/10: Arrangements incorporating converting means for enabling loads to be operated at will from different kinds of power supplies, e.g. from AC or DC
- H02M 1/4283: {by adding a controlled rectifier in parallel to a first rectifier feeding a smoothing capacitor}
- H02M 1/12: Arrangements for reducing harmonics from AC input or output
- H02M 3/24: by static converters
- H02M 1/007: {Plural converter units in cascade (push-pull DC/DC converters with pre-regulator H02M3/3374; DC-AC converters following a DC-DC stage including a high frequency transformer H02M7/4807; DC-AC converters following a DC-DC conversion stage generating periodically varying voltages H02M7/4826)}
- H02M 1/4208: {Arrangements for improving power factor of AC input}
- H02M 1/4225: {using a non-isolated boost converter}
- H02M 1/4266: {using passive elements}
- H02M 7/08: arranged for operation in parallel
- H02M: APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (transformers H01F; dynamo-electric converters H02K47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P)

## Abstract

A multi-input power system with an inrush current suppression function receives at least two input power sources, and includes at least two filter-rectification circuits, at least two boost PFC circuits, a current suppression circuit, and a DC-to-DC conversion circuit. Each filter-rectification circuit correspondingly receives the input power source, and converts the at least two input power sources into at least two rectified voltages. Each boost PFC circuit is correspondingly connected to the filter-rectification circuit, receives the rectified voltage, and performs a power factor correction to the rectified voltage to provide a conversion voltage. The current suppression circuit is connected to the at least two filter-rectification circuits and the at least two boost PFC circuits. The DC-to-DC is connected to the at least two boost PFC circuits and the current suppression circuit, receives the conversion voltage and converts the conversion voltage into an output voltage.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A multi-input power system with an inrush current suppression function configured to receive at least two input power sources, the multi-input power system comprising:
at least two filter-rectification circuits configured to respectively receive the at least two input power sources, and convert the at least two input power sources into at least two rectified voltages,
at least two boost power factor correction circuits, each boost power factor correction circuit correspondingly connected to the filter-rectification circuit, and configured to receive the rectified voltage and perform a power factor correction to the rectified voltage to provide a conversion voltage,
a current suppression circuit connected to the at least two filter-rectification circuits and the at least two boost power factor correction circuits, and
a DC-to-DC conversion circuit connected to the at least two boost power factor correction circuits and the current suppression circuit, and the DC-to-DC conversion circuit configured to receive the conversion voltage and convert the conversion voltage into an output voltage.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The multi-input power system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the current suppression circuit comprises:
at least two diodes, each diode comprising an anode and a cathode, and
a resistor comprising a first terminal and a second terminal,
wherein the anodes of the at least two diodes are respectively connected to the at least two filter-rectification circuits and the at least two boost power factor correction circuits, and the cathodes of the at least two diodes are commonly connected to a first node,
wherein the resistor is connected between the first node and a second node where the conversion voltage is.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The multi-input power system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the anode of each diode is configured to receive the rectified voltage.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The multi-input power system as claimed in claim 2, wherein each boost power factor correction circuit comprises:
a boost inductor comprising a first terminal and a second terminal,
a boost switch comprising a first power terminal, a second power terminal, and a control terminal, and
a boost diode comprising an anode and a cathode,
wherein the first terminal of the boost inductor is connected to the filter-rectification circuit and the anode of the diode, and the second terminal of the boost inductor is connected to the first power terminal of the boost switch and the anode of the boost diode; the cathode of the boost diode is connected to the second node; the second power terminal of the boost switch is grounded.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The multi-input power system as claimed in claim 4, further comprising:
at least two voltage-dividing circuits configured to respectively receive the conversion voltage, and divide the conversion voltage into at least two divided voltages.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The multi-input power system as claimed in claim 5, wherein each boost power factor correction circuit further comprises:
a controller configured to receive the divided voltage, and control a turned-on time and/or a turned-off time of the boost switch according to the divided voltage so as to control the conversion voltage.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The multi-input power system as claimed in claim 5, wherein each voltage-dividing circuit comprises:
a first voltage-dividing resistor and a second voltage-dividing resistor,
wherein each voltage-dividing circuit is configured to correspondingly receive the conversion voltage provided from the boost power factor correction circuit, and divide the conversion voltage according to a resistance ratio between the first voltage-dividing resistor and the second voltage-dividing resistor to generate the divided voltage across the second voltage-dividing resistor.

### Claim 8 (depends on 2)

The multi-input power system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the resistor is a thermistor with a negative temperature coefficient.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The multi-input power system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:
a capacitor comprising a first terminal and a second terminal, and the first terminal of the capacitor configured to receive the conversion voltage and the second terminal of the capacitor is grounded.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The multi-input power system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least two boost power factor correction circuits share the DC-to-DC conversion circuit, and are configured to convert the conversion voltage into the output voltage.