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AN768

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Title
Title
Redundant Fan Systems Using the TC647 Fan Manager
Name
Name
AN768
Date
Date
06/24/2015
Application Categories
Application Categories
Motor Control / Brushless DC Motors
Power Supply & Conversion / Thermal Management
Product Categories
Product Categories
Thermal Management / Fan Controllers
Description
Description
Certain applications, such as file servers, require redundant cooling fans to ensure uninterrupted system service, even with cooling fan malfunctions present. Typically, such systems have a primary fan to cool the system, and one or more ?standby? fans that automatically are placed in service should the primary fan fail.