Registers – Transfer mechanism – Traveling pawl
Patent
1973-12-26
1976-02-10
Morrison, Malcolm A.
Registers
Transfer mechanism
Traveling pawl
235153AK, 317 43, 324 51, 3401461R, 3401725, H02H 326, G06F 1100
Patent
active
039379370
ABSTRACT:
Data processing and computer systems require continuous monitoring of the primary alternating current power. A power failure must be detected very quickly (within a fraction of a cycle), so that the contents of a volatile memory can be quickly converted into a nonvolatile form. This must occur before power system storage is expended and control is lost. RMS power direction is developed by the product of voltage and current with an integrated circuit multiplier device. When power fails, the circuit indicates a power flow reversal or power equals zero from the detected system current times voltage factor. A retriggerable one-shot in conjunction with a NAND gate is utilized to detect the instantaneous voltage drop to zero and current reversal in order to energize other circuits to protect such volatile data in the event of a power failure.
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Colitz Michael J.
Krass Errol A.
Morrison Malcolm A.
Ralabate James J.
Weiss Franklyn C.
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