Power supply controllers
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsChao-Wen Cheng, Roger A. Pearson, Jonathan D. Bassett
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Abstract
Example implementations relate to power supply controllers. In some examples, a controller can include instructions to: set a power threshold for a power supply coupled to a computing component when the computing component is operating in a first state, determine when the computing component is alternating from the first state to a second state, and allow the power supply to exceed the power threshold for a fixed period of time in response to the computing component alternating from the first state to the second state.
Claims12
A system, comprising:
- a power supply coupled to a plurality of computing components by a single power rail;
- a first timer to determine a quantity of time the power supply has continuously exceeded a power threshold;
- a second timer to determine a quantity of time the power supply has continuously been below the power threshold;
- and
- a controller, comprising instructions to:
- stop the first timer when the second timer has reached a first time limit;
- stop the second timer when the power supply has exceeded the power threshold;
- and
- deactivate the power supply when the first timer reaches a second time limit.
A controller, comprising instructions to:
- set a first timer to determine a quantity of time a power supply has continuously exceeded a power threshold;
- set a second timer to determine a quantity of time the power supply has continuously been below the power threshold;
- stop the first timer when the second timer has reached a first time limit;
- stop the second timer when the power supply has exceeded the power threshold;
- and
- deactivate the power supply when the first timer reaches a second time limit.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions to cause a computer processor to:
- set a first timer to determine a quantity of time a power supply has continuously exceeded a power threshold;
- set a second timer to determine a quantity of time the power supply has continuously been below the power threshold;
- stop the first timer when the second timer has reached a first time limit;
- stop the second timer when the power supply has exceeded the power threshold;
- and
- deactivate the power supply when the first timer reaches a second time limit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.