Intel Corporation

Brian S Forbes

Daniel J Ragland

Erik W Peter

Robert O Bruckner

William L Sanderson, Iv

Charles M Bailley

Tim Menard

Jeffrey J Berube

A method and apparatus include providing a printed circuit board (PCB) having at least one light permeable layer, at least one non-light permeable layer having at least one void therethrough that may be vertically aligned with the at least one light permeable layer, and a source of illumination to simultaneously illuminate through the void and the at least one light permeable layer.

Method and apparatus for marking a printed circuit board

A method of tracking a printed circuit board is described. An embedded identification device is utilized. The embedded identification device is placed in a layer of the printed circuit board. An external transceiver is used to communicate with the embedded device and record platform information.

Embedded PCB identification

A technique usable with a computer includes in response to the computer being in a predetermined sleep state, coupling a load to conduct current from a supply voltage plane of the computer to ground. The supply voltage plane does not receive power from a power resource of the computer in response to the predetermined sleep state. In response to the computer being in a predetermined state other than the predetermined sleep state, the load is decoupled so that the load does not conduct current from the supply voltage plane to ground.

Method and apparatus for activating a bleed circuit through logic in response to a back-driven voltage on a supply voltage plane

A computer includes two signal lines on which wake events can occur, but the computer's motherboard recognizes wake signals occurring on only one of these signal lines. Therefore, the computer includes a circuit that, in response a wake event on the signal line that is not recognized by the motherboard, delivers a wake signal over the signal line that is recognized by the motherboard unless prevented from delivering the signal by a disable element.

System for disabling remote wake events on a remote wake line that is coupled to a front panel switch wake line

A computer includes two signal lines on which wake events can occur, but the computer's motherboard recognizes wake signals occurring on only one of these signal lines. Therefore, the computer includes a circuit that, in response a wake event on the signal line that is not recognized by the motherboard, delivers a wake signal over the signal line that is recognized by the motherboard.

Using a hardware-driven event to wake a computer from a sleeping state

An audio wake-up circuit for use to wake up a computer system from a sleep mode. Such an audio wake-up circuit comprises an operational amplifier (Op-Amp) coupled to receive an audio input from a user via an audio input device, and having a feedback network arranged to compare the input audio with an attenuated version of the output audio and make an appropriate amplification; and a switching device coupled to the operational amplifier (Op-Amp) and arranged to assert a power management (PME&num;) wake event so as to wake up the computer system from a sleep mode, when the input audio from the user exceeds a predetermined level.

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Brian S Forbes