发明名称 |
Hot plug computer system protection circuit |
摘要 |
<p>A protection circuit 116 for a computer system 110 having PCI expansion cards 120 and PCI expansion slots 118 with multiple power rails 312,322;314,328;318,324;320,326 for supplying power to the PCI expansion cards is disclosed. The protection circuit includes a current monitor 212 that monitors the current levels drawn by the PCI expansion card at each power rail. An inrush current controller 330/332/334 controls the initial current applied to each of the power rails when an expansion card is initially inserted into an expansion slot. A voltage monitor 212 monitors the voltage levels applied to selected power rails and a disconnector 210 disconnects the power to the PCI expansion slot when either the current level drawn by the PCI expansion card at any of the power rails goes beyond a selected range or when the voltage levels at any of the selected monitored power rails are below a selected threshold, or when commanded to by the computer system. <IMAGE></p> |
申请公布号 |
EP0802487(A2) |
申请公布日期 |
1997.10.22 |
申请号 |
EP19970302535 |
申请日期 |
1997.04.14 |
申请人 |
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION |
发明人 |
SIDES, CHI KIM;MCKENZIE, PHILIP J.;BASILE, BARRY S. |
分类号 |
G06F1/26;G06F1/30;G06F3/00;G06F13/40;H02H9/00;(IPC1-7):G06F13/40 |
主分类号 |
G06F1/26 |
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