Patents by Inventor John Erven Jenne

John Erven Jenne has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240085963
    Abstract: An information handling system polls telemetry data from sensors associated with a central processing unit, and determines current offsets for each one of the sensors based on the telemetry data. The system may also determine a domain current offset associated with a calibration domain, determine a voltage regulator offset based on the domain current offset, and adjust power provided by the voltage regulator to the central processing unit based on the voltage regulator offset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Craig Anthony Klein, Doug E. Messick, John Erven Jenne
  • Publication number: 20230315183
    Abstract: A power management system includes a power infrastructure having power infrastructure components that couple computing devices to power source(s), and a power management subsystem coupled to the computing devices. The power management subsystem identifies power requirement information for each of the computing devices and power transmission limitation information for the power infrastructure components, and determines a power infrastructure architecture that identifies how the power infrastructure components couple the computing devices to the power source(s). The power management subsystem then uses the power requirement information, the power transmission limitation information, and the power infrastructure architecture to generate and provide a respective input current limit to each of the computing devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Douglas Evan Messick, Craig Anthony Klein, John Erven Jenne
  • Publication number: 20230142337
    Abstract: A power management system includes a first power grid coupled to a first circuit breaker, and a first power distribution unit coupled to the first circuit breaker. A server device includes server components, and at least one first power supply unit coupled to the first power distribution unit. A power management subsystem in the server device is coupled to the server components and the at least one first power supply unit. The power management subsystem monitors a first input current draw of each first power supply unit, and determines whether the first input current draw exceeds a first input current limit that is based on the first circuit breaker. In response the first input current draw exceeding the first input current limit, the power management subsystem throttles the server components to reduce the first input current draw below the first input current limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: John Erven Jenne, Craig Anthony Klein, Mark A. Muccini, Dit Charoen
  • Patent number: 11592891
    Abstract: An information handling system includes resistive short detection circuitry that measures a first amount of power provided by a power supply system, and measures a second amount of power drawn by components. The resistive short detection circuitry compares the first amount of power with the second amount of power. In response to first amount of power being greater than the second amount of power, the resistive short detection circuitry determines that a short exists within the information handling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: John Erven Jenne, Kyle E. Cross
  • Patent number: 11520396
    Abstract: A power management system includes a first power grid coupled to a first circuit breaker, and a first power distribution unit coupled to the first circuit breaker. A server device includes server components, and at least one first power supply unit coupled to the first power distribution unit. A power management subsystem in the server device is coupled to the server components and the at least one first power supply unit. The power management subsystem monitors a first input current draw of each first power supply unit, and determines whether the first input current draw exceeds a first input current limit that is based on the first circuit breaker. In response the first input current draw exceeding the first input current limit, the power management subsystem throttles the server components to reduce the first input current draw below the first input current limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: John Erven Jenne, Craig Anthony Klein, Mark A. Muccini, Dit Charoen
  • Patent number: 11334137
    Abstract: A system for setting a power cap state is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of power monitor sensors generating power monitor sensor data and a plurality of thermal monitor sensors generating thermal monitor sensor data. A controller has a plurality of inputs configured to receive the power monitor sensor data and the thermal monitor sensor data, to assign a priority to one of two or more power cap states and to generate a control signal. A power limiting circuit coupled to the controller is configured to receive the control signal and to modify one or more power settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Akkiah Choudary Maddukuri, Arun Muthaiyan, Dit Charoen, John Erven Jenne, Sunil Kumar Gattu, Jun Gu
  • Patent number: 11281275
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a power supply and a baseboard management controller (BMC). The power supply includes an input power monitor module and a communication interface. The input power monitor module is configured to detect a total harmonic distortion (THD) on a power input to the power supply, to determine that the THD is greater than a THD threshold, and to provide an indication that the THD is greater than the THD threshold on the communication interface. The BMC is coupled to the communication interface, and is configured to receive the first indication and to enter an item into a log of the information handling system in response to receiving the indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Mark A. Muccini, John Erven Jenne, Wayne Kenneth Cook, Wade Andrew Butcher
  • Patent number: 11194377
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a processor, a graphics processing unit (GPU), and a baseboard management controller (BMC). The BMC includes a power ratio table with a plurality of entries, each correlating a workload with a power ratio of a power level of the processor when the particular workload is instantiated on the information handing system to a power level of the GPU when the particular workload is instantiated on the information handling system. The BMC determines that the power ratio table includes an entry associated with a workload instantiated on the information handling system, determines that a total power level of the information handling system is greater than a power level threshold, and throttles a power level of the processor and a power level of the GPU based upon a power ratio of the entry in response to determining that the total power level is greater than the power level threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Balaji Bapu Gururaja Rao, Elie Antoun Jreij, John Erven Jenne
  • Publication number: 20210365301
    Abstract: A disaggregated information handling system includes processing sleds and an abstraction layer module. Each processing sled includes disaggregated processing elements. The abstraction layer module may discover the processing elements, determine an availability score for each of the processing elements, receive an allocation request for an allocation of at least one of the processing elements, and allocate a first one of the processing elements based upon the first processing element having a highest availability score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Balaji Bapu Gururaja Rao, John Erven Jenne, Elie Antoun Jreij, Shekar Babu Suryanarayana
  • Patent number: 11157056
    Abstract: A system includes a power distribution unit and power manager circuitry. The power manager circuitry to receive a first load profile of a first information handling system, a second load profile of a second information handling system, and a third load profile of a third information handling system. The load profiles are based on power telemetry of the associated server. The power manager circuitry creates an aggregate load profile based on the first, second, and third load profiles, and determines whether the aggregate load profile exceeds a maximum load of the power distribution unit. If the aggregate load profile exceeds the maximum load of the power distribution unit, the power manager circuitry provides an optimal set of power recovery delays for a first, second, and third information handling system and also provides a power supply load limit exceeded warning message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: John Erven Jenne, Kyle E. Cross
  • Publication number: 20210223848
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a processor, a graphics processing unit (GPU), and a baseboard management controller (BMC). The BMC includes a power ratio table with a plurality of entries, each correlating a workload with a power ratio of a power level of the processor when the particular workload is instantiated on the information handing system to a power level of the GPU when the particular workload is instantiated on the information handling system. The BMC determines that the power ratio table includes an entry associated with a workload instantiated on the information handling system, determines that a total power level of the information handling system is greater than a power level threshold, and throttles a power level of the processor and a power level of the GPU based upon a power ratio of the entry in response to determining that the total power level is greater than the power level threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Balaji Bapu Gururaja Rao, Elie Antoun Jreij, John Erven Jenne
  • Patent number: 11068038
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a current detector module and a baseboard management controller (BMC). The current detector module is configured to detect current slew-rate for an element of the information handling system, to determine that the current slew-rate is greater than a current slew-rate threshold, and to provide an indication that the current slew-rate is greater than the current slew-rate threshold on a communication interface. The BMC may enter an item into a log of the information handling system in response to receiving an indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventors: Mark A. Muccini, Wade Andrew Butcher, John Erven Jenne
  • Publication number: 20210208661
    Abstract: A system for setting a power cap state is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of power monitor sensors generating power monitor sensor data and a plurality of thermal monitor sensors generating thermal monitor sensor data. A controller has a plurality of inputs configured to receive the power monitor sensor data and the thermal monitor sensor data, to assign a priority to one of two or more power cap states and to generate a control signal. A power limiting circuit coupled to the controller is configured to receive the control signal and to modify one or more power settings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Akkiah Choudary Maddukuri, Arun Muthaiyan, Dit Charoen, John Erven Jenne, Sunil Kumar Gattu, Jun Gu
  • Publication number: 20210132674
    Abstract: A system includes a power distribution unit and power manager circuitry. The power manager circuitry to receive a first load profile of a first information handling system, a second load profile of a second information handling system, and a third load profile of a third information handling system. The load profiles are based on power telemetry of the associated server. The power manager circuitry creates an aggregate load profile based on the first, second, and third load profiles, and determines whether the aggregate load profile exceeds a maximum load of the power distribution unit. If the aggregate load profile exceeds the maximum load of the power distribution unit, the power manager circuitry provides an optimal set of power recovery delays for a first, second, and third information handling system and also provides a power supply load limit exceeded warning message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: John Erven Jenne, Kyle E. Cross
  • Publication number: 20210109586
    Abstract: An information handling system includes resistive short detection circuitry that measures a first amount of power provided by a power supply system, and measures a second amount of power drawn by components. The resistive short detection circuitry compares the first amount of power with the second amount of power. In response to first amount of power being greater than the second amount of power, the resistive short detection circuitry determines that a short exists within the information handling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: John Erven Jenne, Kyle E. Cross
  • Publication number: 20210109582
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a power supply and a baseboard management controller (BMC). The power supply includes an input power monitor module and a communication interface. The input power monitor module is configured to detect a total harmonic distortion (THD) on a power input to the power supply, to determine that the THD is greater than a THD threshold, and to provide an indication that the THD is greater than the THD threshold on the communication interface. The BMC is coupled to the communication interface, and is configured to receive the first indication and to enter an item into a log of the information handling system in response to receiving the indication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Mark A. Muccini, John Erven Jenne, Wayne Kenneth Cook, Wade Andrew Butcher
  • Publication number: 20210089106
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a current detector module and a baseboard management controller (BMC). The current detector module is configured to detect current slew-rate for an element of the information handling system, to determine that the current slew-rate is greater than a current slew-rate threshold, and to provide an indication that the current slew-rate is greater than the current slew-rate threshold on a communication interface. The BMC may enter an item into a log of the information handling system in response to receiving an indication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Mark A. Muccini, Wade Andrew Butcher, John Erven Jenne
  • Patent number: 10942557
    Abstract: A system for setting a power cap state is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of power monitor sensors generating power monitor sensor data and a plurality of thermal monitor sensors generating thermal monitor sensor data. A controller has a plurality of inputs configured to receive the power monitor sensor data and the thermal monitor sensor data, to assign a priority to one of two or more power cap states and to generate a control signal. A power limiting circuit coupled to the controller is configured to receive the control signal and to modify one or more power settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Akkiah Choudary Maddukuri, Arun Muthaiyan, Dit Charoen, John Erven Jenne, Sunil Kumar Gattu, Jun Gu
  • Publication number: 20210064112
    Abstract: A power management system includes a first power grid coupled to a first circuit breaker, and a first power distribution unit coupled to the first circuit breaker. A server device includes server components, and at least one first power supply unit coupled to the first power distribution unit. A power management subsystem in the server device is coupled to the server components and the at least one first power supply unit. The power management subsystem monitors a first input current draw of each first power supply unit, and determines whether the first input current draw exceeds a first input current limit that is based on the first circuit breaker. In response the first input current draw exceeding the first input current limit, the power management subsystem throttles the server components to reduce the first input current draw below the first input current limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: John Erven Jenne, Craig Anthony Klein, Mark A. Muccini, Dit Charoen
  • Patent number: 10936037
    Abstract: A multi-power rail PSU includes a first power rail coupled to first PSUs, and a second power rail coupled to second PSUs. A controller subsystem receives a request to enable the first power rail and the second power rail and, in response, enables one of the first PSUs to transmit power to the first power rail, and enables one of the second PSUs to transmit power to the second power rail. The controller subsystem then performs respective PSU mismatch checks on the first PSUs and the second PSUs, and identifies compatible first PSUs for the first power rail, and compatible second PSUs for the second power rail. The controller subsystem then enables transmission of power to the first power rail from the compatible first PSUs, and enables transmission of power to the second power rail from the compatible second PSUs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Craig Anthony Klein, John Erven Jenne