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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 19, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
William O Brooks, Aloha, OR (US);
Gerald A Budelman, Aloha, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324771 ; 3241581 ; 324 731 ; 364578 ;
Abstract
A power validation tool is used in place of an actual microprocessor to validate a power source to determine if the power source is capable of meeting power requirements of the microprocessor. The validation tool is placed into a socket reserved for the microprocessor. A pulse generator supplies a pulse signal to toggle a load between minimum and maximum load current values, while a window comparator monitors the voltage to determine if the load change causes the source voltage to rise above or fall below an accepted range.