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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2005
Paul Jonathan Quelch, Emsworth, GB;
Paul Jonathan Quelch, Emsworth, GB;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system, method and computer program for configuring power supply apparatus to supply a voltage optimized to tolerate a range about a nominal operating voltage of a device comprises a tester to test and communicate to a comparator a present utility voltage value. The comparator compares the present utility voltage with a present nominal operating voltage of the device. A configurator responds to the present utility voltage falling within an upper half of a first range having a centre point higher than the present nominal operating voltage and lower than an upper out-of-tolerance voltage of the device or within a lower half of a second range having a centre point lower than the present nominal operating voltage and higher than a lower out-of-tolerance voltage of the device, by configuring the power supply apparatus to supply a voltage respectively within the first range or the second range.