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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2003
Jil M. Bobbitt, Austin, TX (US);
Zhan Mei, Round Rock, TX (US);
Dung T. Nguyen, Round Rock, TX (US);
Jason D. Tunnell, Georgetown, TX (US);
Jil M. Bobbitt, Austin, TX (US);
Zhan Mei, Round Rock, TX (US);
Dung T. Nguyen, Round Rock, TX (US);
Jason D. Tunnell, Georgetown, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method for reducing inrush current in an information handling system includes charging a pre-charge circuit with an elongated pin. The information handling system includes a midplane with at least one power source connector and multiple blade connectors able to connect to blade servers. Each blade connector has an elongated pin for supplying power to a blade server. Each blade server has a power connector for receiving the elongated pin and an integrated pre-charge circuit including a resistor and capacitor.