System and method for minimizing inrush current
AssigneeAdvanced Digital Broadcast S.A.
InventorArtur ADAMSKI
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Abstract
A method for minimizing inrush current of at least two electrical devices (211-219), the method being characterized in that it comprises the steps of: forming (1001) a network, managed by a host (420), of at least two inrush current controllers (500) each selectively controlling power supply to an associated electrical device (211-219); for each inrush current controller (500) defining, by said host (420), and applying (1002) a time delay value specified per device; setting (1003), in each inrush current controller (500), the respective delay value as a time delay between a request to supply said associated electrical device (211-219) with power and actually supplying it with power; wherein the delay value differs between the at least two inrush current controllers (500).
Claims10
A method for minimizing inrush current of at least two electrical devices (211-219), the method being characterized in that it comprises the steps of:
- forming (1001) a network, managed by a host (420), of at least two inrush current controllers (500) each selectively controlling power supply to an associated electrical device (211-219);
- for each inrush current controller (500) defining, by said host (420), and applying (1002) a time delay value specified per device;
- setting (1003), in each inrush current controller (500), the respective delay value as a time delay between a request to supply said associated electrical device (211-219) with power and actually supplying it with power;
- wherein the delay value differs between the at least two inrush current controllers (500).
A method for operating an inrush current controller (500) characterized in that it comprises the step of:
- associating (1101) the inrush current controller (500) with an electrical device (211-219);
- registering (1102) the inrush current controller (500) within a network of at least two inrush current controllers (500) each selectively controlling power supply to an associated electrical device (211-219);
- receiving and applying (1103) a time delay value;
- setting (1104), the respective time delay value as a time delay between a request to supply said associated electrical device (211-219) with power and actually supplying it with power.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.