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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:
Mar. 07, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Brian A Carpenter, Cary, NC (US);
Darryl C Newell, Cary, NC (US);
Kevin M Silk, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
Girish C Johari, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
702 59 ; 307 64 ; 307 85 ; 702 58 ;
Abstract
Aspects for reporting faults in a redundant power converter are described. An exemplary method aspect includes monitoring at least one node within the redundant power converter. The method further includes tracking values of the at least one node during a predetermined time period, and predicting when a specification of the redundant power converter will be exceeded based on the tracked values.