Controlling electromagnetic radiation in a data center
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMilton Cobo, James E. Hughes, Thomas D. Pahel, Jr., Pravin S. Patel, Challis L. Purrington, Jack P. Wong
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Abstract
Controlling electromagnetic (‘EM’) radiation in a data center having a number EM sections, including: receiving, by an EM controller, a specification of preferred EM radiation characteristics for the data center; and setting, by the EM controller, a state of each EM section in accordance with the specification, where the state of each EM section may be one of: an absorption state in which the EM section absorbs EM radiation or a reflection state in which the EM section reflects EM radiation.
Claims4
A data center in which electromagnetic (‘EM’) radiation is controlled, the data center comprising:
- a plurality of EM sections, wherein each EM section comprises an electrically conductive metal;
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- an EM controller configured to carry out the steps of:
- receiving a specification of preferred EM radiation characteristics for the data center;
- and
- setting a state of each EM section in accordance with the specification by setting at least one EM section to reflect EM radiation including electrically decoupling the EM section to a ground reference voltage and setting at least one other EM section to absorb EM radiation including electrically coupling the EM section to a ground reference voltage, wherein the state of each EM section comprises one of:
- an absorption state in which the EM section absorbs EM radiation or a reflection state in which the EM section reflects EM radiation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.