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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2007
Xiaozhong Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Edmond Lau, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Bill Lau, Dale City, CA (US);
Emcore Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
A pluggable module connected to the backplane or other connection interface of an information system unit so as to provide additional functionality thereto (such as a communications interface to an electrical or fiber optics cable), and arranged to draw electrical power from the system. In order to prevent excessive in-rush current on connection, the module is provided with power control circuitry which is adapted to incrementally increase the supply voltage to components within the module in a manner so as to avoid power supply glitches in the system, such as a substantial voltage drop, and/or excessive current flow.