Patents by Inventor Andrew B. Carlson
Andrew B. Carlson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 8223495Abstract: Cooling systems for providing cooled air to electronic devices are described. The systems can include large storage tanks or waste treatment systems to improve the efficiency of the plant and reduce impact on the environment.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2009Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Exaflop LLCInventors: Andrew B. Carlson, William Hamburgen
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Publication number: 20120138259Abstract: A system for cooling air in a data center includes a data center having electronic equipment in operation, a cooling water source, and a plurality of on-floor cooling units. The cooling water source is configured to retain at maximum capacity a total amount of water. Each on-floor cooling unit is configured to cool air heated by a portion of the electronic equipment in the data center using water from the cooling water source. The total amount of water is insufficient to maintain a leaving air temperature of each on-floor cooling unit below an inside setpoint when a temperature outside of the data center is above a predetermined external temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2012Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: Exaflop LLCInventor: Andrew B. Carlson
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Patent number: 8193662Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a power distribution system that includes a DC bus configured to deliver operating power to a DC load, a conversion circuit configured to receive AC power and convert the received AC power to DC power that is provided to the DC bus, and a battery system configured to provide DC power from a battery to the DC bus. A controller determines an amount of DC power to be provided to the DC bus by the conversion circuit, determines an amount of DC power to be provided to the DC bus by the battery system, and controls the conversion circuit and the battery system such that the conversion circuit provides the first amount of DC power to the DC bus and the battery system concurrently provides the second amount of DC power to the DC bus.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2011Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Andrew B. Carlson, Taliver Brooks Heath
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Patent number: 8113010Abstract: A system for cooling air in a data center includes a data center having electronic equipment in operation, a cooling water source, and a plurality of on-floor cooling units. The cooling water source is configured to retain at maximum capacity a total amount of water. Each on-floor cooling unit is configured to cool air heated by a portion of the electronic equipment in the data center using water from the cooling water source. The total amount of water is insufficient to maintain a leaving air temperature of each on-floor cooling unit below an inside setpoint when a temperature outside of the data center is above a predetermined external temperature.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2009Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Exaflop LLCInventor: Andrew B. Carlson
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Patent number: 8094452Abstract: A facility is described that includes one or more enclosures defining an interior space, a plurality of power taps, a plurality of coolant supply taps, and a plurality of coolant return taps. A flow capacity of the supply taps and a flow capacity of the return taps can be approximately equal over a local area of the interior space. The plurality of power taps, the plurality of supply taps, and the plurality of return taps can be divided into a plurality of zones, with taps of each zone are configured to be controllably coupled to a power source or a coolant source independently of the taps of other zones. The taps can be positioned along paths, and paths of the power taps can be spaced from associated proximate paths of supply and return taps by a substantially uniform distance along a substantial length of the first path.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2008Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Exaflop LLCInventors: Andrew B. Carlson, William Hamburgen, Jimmy Clidaras, Donald L. Beaty
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Patent number: 8080900Abstract: Apparatus and associated method and computer program products involve a highly efficient uninterruptible power distribution architecture to support modular processing units. As an illustrative example, a modular processing unit includes an integrated uninterruptible power system in which a PFC-boost AC-to-DC conversion occurs between the utility AC grid and the processing circuit (e.g., microprocessor) loads. In an illustrative data center facility, a power distribution architecture includes a modular array of rack-mountable processing units, each of which has processing circuitry to handle network-related processing tasks. Associated with each modular processing unit is an integrated uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to supply operating power to the network processing circuitry. Each UPS includes a battery selectively connectable across a DC bus, and a AC-to-DC rectifier that converts an AC input voltage to a single output voltage on the DC bus.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2007Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: Exaflop LLCInventors: Selver Corhodzic, Andrew B. Carlson, William H. Whitted, Montgomery Sykora, Ken Krieger, William Hamburgen, Donald L. Beaty, Gerald Aigner, Jimmy Clidaras
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Publication number: 20110256822Abstract: A data center cooling system includes an evaporative cooling system. The evaporative cooling system includes fans configured to circulate outside air at ambient conditions through an entry zone of a data center, and atomizers positioned upstream of the entry zone configured to spray atomized water into the circulating outside air. The atomized water evaporates in an evaporation zone and cools the outside air to produce cooled air, which is directed through racks of computers positioned downstream of the evaporation zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2010Publication date: October 20, 2011Inventor: Andrew B. Carlson
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Patent number: 8004831Abstract: A facility is described that includes one or more enclosures defining an interior space, a plurality of power taps, a plurality of coolant supply taps, and a plurality of coolant return taps. A flow capacity of the supply taps and a flow capacity of the return taps can be approximately equal over a local area of the interior space. The plurality of power taps, the plurality of supply taps, and the plurality of return taps can be divided into a plurality of zones, with taps of each zone are configured to be controllably coupled to a power source or a coolant source independently of the taps of other zones. The taps can be positioned along paths, and paths of the power taps can be spaced from associated proximate paths of supply and return taps by a substantially uniform distance along a substantial length of the first path.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2010Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Exaflop LLCInventors: Andrew B. Carlson, William Hamburgen, Jimmy Clidaras, Wolf-Dietrich Weber, Xiaobo Fan
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Publication number: 20110100045Abstract: A system for cooling air in a data center includes a data center having electronic equipment in operation, a cooling water source, and a plurality of on-floor cooling units. The cooling water source is configured to retain at maximum capacity a total amount of water. Each on-floor cooling unit is configured to cool air heated by a portion of the electronic equipment in the data center using water from the cooling water source. The total amount of water is insufficient to maintain a leaving air temperature of each on-floor cooling unit below an inside setpoint when a temperature outside of the data center is above a predetermined external temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2009Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: EXAFLOP LLCInventor: Andrew B. Carlson
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Publication number: 20110100618Abstract: A system for providing cooled air to electronic equipment includes a data center having electronic equipment in operation, a plurality of on-floor cooling units, and a cooling water source. The on-floor cooling units cool air warmed by the electronic equipment. The cooling water source is configured to supply cooling water that reduces a temperature of the on-floor cooling units. The power usage effectiveness (“PUE”) of the system is less than 1.3, wherein the PUE is defined by energy used to operate the data center divided by energy used to run the electronic equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2009Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: EXAFLOP, LLCInventor: Andrew B. Carlson
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Publication number: 20110105015Abstract: A data center includes a bank of computers, a plenum in fluid communication with the bank of computers, and a chimney in fluid communication with the plenum. The chimney is configured to use heat from the bank of computers to sufficiently lower an air pressure in the plenum to cause an air flow across the bank of computers sufficient to cool the bank of computers for normal operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2009Publication date: May 5, 2011Inventor: Andrew B. Carlson
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Patent number: 7864530Abstract: A method of providing utilities to a computer data center is discussed. The method includes initially connecting one or more non-evaporative cooling units to a data center as primary cooling plants, obtaining a government-issued water permit, and after obtaining the government-issued water permit, transitioning primary cooling for the data center to one or more evaporative cooling towers.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2008Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Exaflop LLCInventors: William Hamburgen, Jimmy Clidaras, Andrew B. Carlson
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Patent number: 7724518Abstract: A facility is described that includes one or more enclosures defining an interior space, a plurality of power taps, a plurality of coolant supply taps, and a plurality of coolant return taps. A flow capacity of the supply taps and a flow capacity of the return taps can be approximately equal over a local area of the interior space. The plurality of power taps, the plurality of supply taps, and the plurality of return taps can be divided into a plurality of zones, with taps of each zone are configured to be controllably coupled to a power source or a coolant source independently of the taps of other zones. The taps can be positioned along paths, and paths of the power taps can be spaced from associated proximate paths of supply and return taps by a substantially uniform distance along a substantial length of the first path.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2008Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: Exaflop LLCInventors: Andrew B. Carlson, William Hamburgen, Jimmy Clidaras, Wolf-Dietrich Weber, Xiaobo Fan
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Publication number: 20090241578Abstract: A data center cooling system includes a floor structure defining a below-floor warm-air plenum and an above-floor cool air plenum, a plurality of above-floor computer assemblies arranged to exhaust warmed air into the warm-air plenum, and one or more fan-coil arrangements to draw air from the warm-air plenum, cool the air, and provide the air to the cool air plenum. The volume of the above-floor cool air plenum and the below-floor warm air plenum may both be substantial so as to minimize changes in temperature from the failure of components in the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2008Publication date: October 1, 2009Inventors: Andrew B. Carlson, Jimmy Clidaras, William Hamburgen
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Publication number: 20090021078Abstract: Apparatus and associated method and computer program products involve a highly efficient uninterruptible power distribution architecture to support modular processing units. As an illustrative example, a modular processing unit includes an integrated uninterruptible power system in which a PFC-boost AC-to-DC conversion occurs between the utility AC grid and the processing circuit (e.g., microprocessor) loads. In an illustrative data center facility, a power distribution architecture includes a modular array of rack-mountable processing units, each of which has processing circuitry to handle network-related processing tasks. Associated with each modular processing unit is an integrated uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to supply operating power to the network processing circuitry. Each UPS includes a battery selectively connectable across a DC bus, and a AC-to-DC rectifier that converts an AC input voltage to a single output voltage on the DC bus.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2007Publication date: January 22, 2009Inventors: Selver Corhodzic, Andrew B. Carlson, William H. Whitted, Montgomery Sykora, Ken Krieger, William Hamburgen, Donald L. Beaty, Gerald Aigner, Jimmy Clidaras
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Patent number: 7108472Abstract: A device for transporting cartridges comprises a housing for holding a plurality of cartridges in a temperature controlled environment. A transport system is also provided and has a grasping mechanism for grasping one of the cartridges. The transport system is further used to remove the cartridge from the housing and to place the cartridge into a scanner.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2003Date of Patent: September 19, 2006Assignee: Affymetrix, Inc.Inventors: Michael C. Norris, Peter Lobban, Donald Besemer, Andrew B. Carlson
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Publication number: 20030198549Abstract: A device for transporting cartridges comprises a housing for holding a plurality of cartridges in a temperature controlled environment. A transport system is also provided and has a grasping mechanism for grasping one of the cartridges. The transport system is further used to remove the cartridge from the housing and to place the cartridge into a scanner.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2003Publication date: October 23, 2003Applicant: Affymetrix Inc., a Delaware CorporationInventors: Michael C. Norris, Peter Lobban, Donald Besemer, Andrew B. Carlson
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Patent number: 6604902Abstract: A device for transporting cartridges comprises a housing for holding a plurality of cartridges in a temperature controlled environment. A transport system is also provided and has a grasping mechanism for grasping one of the cartridges. The transport system is further used to remove the cartridge from the housing and to place the cartridge into a scanner.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2002Date of Patent: August 12, 2003Assignee: Affymetrix, Inc.Inventors: Michael C. Norris, Peter Lobban, Donald Besemer, Andrew B. Carlson
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Patent number: 6511277Abstract: A device for transporting cartridges comprises a housing for holding a plurality of cartridges in a temperature controlled environment. A transport system is also provided and has a grasping mechanism for grasping one of the cartridges. The transport system is further used to remove the cartridge from the housing and to place the cartridge into a scanner.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2000Date of Patent: January 28, 2003Assignee: Affymetrix, Inc.Inventors: Michael C. Norris, Peter Lobban, Donald Besemer, Andrew B. Carlson
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Publication number: 20020164235Abstract: A device for transporting cartridges comprises a housing for holding a plurality of cartridges in a temperature controlled environment. A transport system is also provided and has a grasping mechanism for grasping one of the cartridges. The transport system is further used to remove the cartridge from the housing and to place the cartridge into a scanner.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2002Publication date: November 7, 2002Applicant: Affymetrix, Inc., a California corporationInventors: Michael C. Norris, Peter Lobban, Donald Besemer, Andrew B. Carlson