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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1999
Alan E. Brown, Georgetown, TX (US);
Matthew B. Mendelow, Austin, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A restart circuit for a power supply of an electronic system such as a computer system for delaying the restart of the power supply until a power supply output is in compliance with a specified parameter. In one embodiment, the specified parameter is a particular threshold voltage level and the power supply output is in compliance when it is less than the particular threshold voltage level. In another embodiment of a restart circuit, the specified parameter is a rate of decay in a voltage level and the power supply output is in compliance when it is decaying at a rate less than the predetermined rate. In one embodiment, delaying the restart of the power supply permits components of the system to be reset when the voltage level of the power supply output is in a known state.