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Automatic power supply load shedding techniques

  • US 5,017,799 A
  • Filed: 06/30/1989
  • Issued: 05/21/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Automatic power supply load shedding apparatus for reducing the power demand of a power supply of a communication system which feeds at least one load, said load including at least one communications device which is connected to said power supply via an interface circuit, the power consumption of said load varying with each of a plurality of operational modes, said apparatus comprisingmeans for determining the power output demand of said power supply by tracking the activity states of said communications device in said load, said activity states including on-hook and off-hook;

  • andmeans in said load responsive to said determined demand for altering the operational mode of said load so as to reduce the power demand of said supply.

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