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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alan L Goodrum, Tomball, TX (US);
Paul R Culley, Cypress, TX (US);
Raymond Y Chow, Cypress, TX (US);
Barry S Basile, Houston, TX (US);
Richard O Waldorf, Cypress, TX (US);
Pamela M Cook, Spring, TX (US);
Clarence Y Mar, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395282 ; 395283 ;
Abstract
A method for powering up a removable circuit card when it is inserted into a card slot of a computer system includes providing power and a clock signal to the circuit card. A communication link is electrically coupled to the circuit card after both the power and the clock signal are provided to the circuit card.