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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Patrick D. James, Olympia, WA (US);
Son H. Lam, Puyallup, WA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/750 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/750 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for protecting a low voltage processor inserted in a high voltage processor connector includes a circuit that determines whether power can be safely asserted to the connector, or whether power should be disabled due to a non-compliant processor. A method enables power to the connector upon a determination that a compliant processor, a termination card, or an empty connector is present.