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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2013
Shiguo Luo, Austin, TX (US);
Ralph H. Johnson, Iii, Round Rock, TX (US);
James L. Petivan, Iii, Austin, TX (US);
Hang LI, Austin, TX (US);
Shiguo Luo, Austin, TX (US);
Ralph H. Johnson, III, Round Rock, TX (US);
James L. Petivan, III, Austin, TX (US);
Hang Li, Austin, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method of measuring real-time current is disclosed. The method includes calibrating a voltage measurement device. Calibrating includes measuring a real-time voltage difference between a first measurement node located proximate a first connector on a motherboard and a second measurement node located proximate a second connector on a power supply unit (PSU), the first and the second connectors coupled to provide power to the motherboard. Calibrating further includes averaging the real-time voltage difference for a plurality of measurements; computing a resistance of the coupling based at least on a long-duration averaged current from the PSU and the averaged real-time voltage difference, the resistance varying over time; and reporting the resistance of the coupling to the voltage measurement device. The method also includes measuring a real-time current of the PSU at the voltage measurement device based at least on the resistance of the coupling and the real-time voltage difference.