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1. WO1995030949 - POWER SYSTEM CONFIGURATION AND RECOVERY FROM A POWER FAULT CONDITION IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM HAVING MULTIPLE POWER SUPPLIES

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Publication Number WO/1995/030949
Publication Date 16.11.1995
International Application No. PCT/US1995/005775
International Filing Date 08.05.1995
Chapter 2 Demand Filed 31.10.1995
IPC
G06F 1/30 2006.1
GPHYSICS
06COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
FELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
1Details not covered by groups G06F3/-G06F13/82
26Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof
30Means for acting in the event of power-supply failure or interruption, e.g. power-supply fluctuations
G06F 11/20 2006.1
GPHYSICS
06COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
FELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
11Error detection; Error correction; Monitoring
07Responding to the occurrence of a fault, e.g. fault tolerance
16Error detection or correction of the data by redundancy in hardware
20using active fault-masking, e.g. by switching out faulty elements or by switching in spare elements
CPC
G06F 1/30
GPHYSICS
06COMPUTING; CALCULATING; COUNTING
FELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
1Details not covered by groups G06F3/00 – G06F13/00 and G06F21/00
26Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof
30Means for acting in the event of power-supply failure or interruption, e.g. power-supply fluctuations
G06F 11/2015
GPHYSICS
06COMPUTING; CALCULATING; COUNTING
FELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
11Error detection; Error correction; Monitoring
07Responding to the occurrence of a fault, e.g. fault tolerance
16Error detection or correction of the data by redundancy in hardware
20using active fault-masking, e.g. by switching out faulty elements or by switching in spare elements
2015Redundant power supplies
Applicants
  • APPLE COMPUTER, INC. [US]/[US]
Inventors
  • TOWNSLEY, David, B.
  • GONG, Andrew
  • HENIN, Eva
Agents
  • SCHELLER, James, C.
Priority Data
08/239,60209.05.1994US
Publication Language English (en)
Filing Language English (EN)
Designated States
Title
(EN) POWER SYSTEM CONFIGURATION AND RECOVERY FROM A POWER FAULT CONDITION IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM HAVING MULTIPLE POWER SUPPLIES
(FR) CONFIGURATION D'UN SYSTEME D'ALIMENTATION ET SON REDEMARRAGE SUITE A UNE CONDITION DE PANNE D'ALIMENTATION DANS UN SYSTEME INFORMATIQUE A PLUSIEURS ALIMENTATIONS
Abstract
(EN) A power system fault handling mechanism for portable electronic devices having multiple power supplies. A safety-net circuit is triggered when a power fault condition is detected. The safety-net circuit is a diode-based bridging circuit which couples all available power supplies to the power load, yet avoids feeding power back from any of the supplies to one another. This ensures that the load continues to receive power after a fault condition occurs without interruption. A microcontroller may then implement routines to switch to a working power supply so that the device may resume normal operation. The power system fault detection mechanism thus allows for the switching between system power supplies without disrupting a running process.
(FR) Mécanisme de gestion des défaillances du système d'alimentation pour des dispositifs électroniques portables à plusieurs alimentations. Un circuit de sécurité est déclenché lorsqu'une condition de défaillance de l'alimentation est détectée. Ce circuit est un circuit de pontage à diode qui couple toutes les alimentations disponibles à la charge de puissance, tout en évitant de renvoyer la puissance d'une alimentation à l'autre. Ceci assure la réception continue de puissance par la charge après qu'une condition de défaillance est apparue, et ce, sans interruption. Un microcontrôleur peut alors appliquer des sous-programmes visant à passer à une alimentation fonctionnant afin que le dispositif puisse reprendre son fonctionnement normal. Ce mécanisme de détection d'une défaillance dans le système d'alimentation permet ainsi de passer d'une alimentation du système à l'autre sans perturber un traitement en cours.
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