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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2003
Applicant:
David T. Jennings, Iii, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Inventor:
David T. Jennings, III, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Special Devices, Inc., Moorpark, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23Q 7/02 (2006.01); F42C 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Selective, staggered charging of individual slave devices in a system at different times, such as electronic detonators in an electronic blasting system, so as to prevent excessive voltage drop on the bus. The staggered charging may be obtained through a clock-driven charging timing process or other suitable means.