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12 V only power concept

The “12 V only” power concept by Fujitsu can improve your competetive situation in the market

Conventional topology (Multioutput PSU)

After dissipate the 220 voltage coming from the electricity network into 12 V, the traditional multi rail power supply unit and its topology splits
up the needed DC / DC converters in an extra circuit and apportions the 12 V into 5 V and 3.3. V. These smaller voltages are then conducted to the
mainboard and apart from the 3.3 voltage also to the Hard Disk Drive and the ODD, which are again connected to the mainboard themselves.
By dividing the voltage already in the PSU this system leads to:

12 V only topology
A 12V only system requires a special mainboard design plus an appropriate power supply which is available from FSP Technology Inc..

Overview 12V only mainboards by Fujitsu:

D3162-A: μATX, Intel Q77
D3161-A: μATX, Intel Q75
D3171-A: μATX, Intel B75

Appropriate 12V only PSU:

FSP Technology Inc. model name: FSP250-30PFJ

The PSU is generating only 12V. DC/DC converter will produce 5V & 3.3V for the
system, where they are needed (e.g. drives & PCI slots). Traditionally 3.3V are
produced in PSU with magnetic components, which have higher losses, than DC/DC
converters on motherboards with our novel approach.

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This integrated system provides a number of clear benefits, which are presented below.

Elimination of cross load problems

In contrary to standard multi rail power supplies the 12V only power supply does have only one voltage that needs to be kept under control.
Known issues with cross loads from multi rail PSU’s do no longer exist.

The crossload problems, load distribution between 12V, 5V & 3.3V, of multioutput PSU are traditionally quite complex problems for system
designers. It is obvious from picture 1, that only one converter is available, which is been controlled by one PWM signal. However 3 output
voltages are generated. Now there are potential load cases possible, where high load can appear at 3.3V while 5V & 12V is barely loaded. This
leads to critical conditions, for the system operation, especially when dynamic load changes happen. New INTEL Q67, B65 systems do have
excellent idle power consumption; however the dynamic load and step load range will further increase compared to previous systems.

The novel 12Vonly approach simplifies the life for system designers dramatically. Crossload conditions need not to be considered any more, as
the PSU in producing only 12V. All other voltages are been produced by separate regulators on the systemboard. As the PSU needs only to
regulate one output voltage, the dynamic performance will be better than on multi output PSU, which brings another benefit to the system
designer.

Cost considerations
Costs for the PSU will drop, as 5V and 3.3V generating circuits will be removed. For the mainboard it might increase only just a little bit. Overall
the costs will drop as soon volume for the PSU will increase. For cost comparison it is always important to compare the efficiency level of the PSU
and the used regulators on the motherboard.

Homogenous system design possible

With this combination of mainboard and PSU a new homogenous system design is possible not affecting all other components. The power and
data cable assembly to the storage drives (ODD/HDD) can be combined in order to improve the clean appearance and the airflow through the
system. Cables will only be fitted into the system, where the installed drives do need them. Many unused cables are therefore not anymore
present.

Less noise level

The PSU FSP250-30PFJ by FSP Technology Inc. is featured with Fujitsu’s innovative system management technology. Thereby the onboard system
management controller of the Fujitsu mainboards controls and supervises besides the CPU and system fan the PSU fan as well. System designer
have an overall possibility to adjust the fan speed, thermal conditions and noise level of their system.

The 12 V Only System is not an industry standard yet but a proprietary solution, which is currently implemented by all
Tier 1 Systembuilders like e.g. Dell, HP, Fujitsu!

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