Patent ID: 11896051
Assignee: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  H | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An aerosol-generating system comprising:
a cartridge, the cartridge comprising:
a heater assembly comprising at least four individually activatable heating elements arranged in an array, and
an aerosol-forming substrate on each of the heating elements; and

an aerosol-generating device configured to engage the cartridge, the aerosol-generating device comprising:
a power supply, and
control circuitry;, wherein the control circuitry is configured to control a supply of power from the power supply to each of the heating elements to generate an aerosol, and wherein the control circuitry is configured to activate the heating elements sequentially such that no two spatially adjacent heating elements are activated consecutively.