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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2002
Applicant:
Kuriappan P. Alappat, Portland, OR (US);
Inventor:
Kuriappan P. Alappat, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J001/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed are a system and method of detecting a diode fault among diodes coupled to a plurality of redundant power feeds. A diode short fault may be detected by measuring a first voltage across a first one of the diodes, measuring a second voltage between two nodes including a terminal of the first diode and detecting the diode short based upon the first and second voltages. A diode open fault may be detected by decoupling a first one of the diodes from a power feed and measuring the voltage across the diode.