The unique system is designed for telecoms backup power, and EPS hopes that it will change the economics of backup power and enable greener networks in developing markets.
According to the Chinese engineer [that the publication spoke with], Cisco came through, developing a router device, integrator, and firewall box specially designed for the government's telecom monopoly.
This was a cute technical trick, but one that lacked an application until the Internet explosion put traditional telecom networks, designed for voice traffic, under strain.
Modern applications, such as phasor measurement units [4, 9], and optimizing control of embedded generation [5, 6, 10], are demanding bandwidths beyond what established telecoms delivery technologies were designed for [4, 11].
This backup power system incorporates ReliOn's hydrogen PEM fuel cell system, and has been designed for a 23-inch rack, the standard unit size for the US telecoms market.
He knew from a previous attempt to build a telecom company that the networks carrying Internet traffic had all been designed for phone calls.
The company says that its new HGC-M range is the first methanol reformer designed for integration with a fuel cell engine and fuel storage tank to create a turnkey DC power generation solution, ideally suited for telecom applications.
Some organizations have developed practical standards in specific fields such as the European standard ETSI EN 300 132-3-1 [12], IEEE Standard 946 [13] and IEC SG4 [14], which are respectively designed for data/telecom systems, DC auxiliary power systems and LVDC distribution systems.
Experimental results on a prototype for ADSL+ applications designed in 2.5-V 0.25-μm CMOS suggest the possibility of programming or reusing the design for other telecom applications, thanks to the easiness to expand or shrink this family of cascade ΣΔMs to other orders.
Duo met at TRW, designed high-speed telecom chips in Nicholas' spare bedroom.
