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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1999
Michael J. Castillo, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Gregory A. Lento, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a computer system allows an expansion component of the computer system to properly operate even when the computer system is in a low-power mode. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a local system bus has a first section and a second section. An isolation circuit is included which selectively establishes a connection between the first section of the local system bus and the second section of the local system bus during a normal-power mode of the computer system and removes the connection between the first section of the local system bus and the second section of the local system bus during a low-power mode.