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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:
Jul. 04, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2003
Applicants:
Karthigan Srinivasan, Houston, TX (US);
Joseph P. Miller, Cypress, TX (US);
Inventors:
Karthigan Srinivasan, Houston, TX (US);
Joseph P. Miller, Cypress, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system comprises a bridge, a slot coupled to the bridge, and a power control unit coupled to the slot via a common power rail and coupled to the bridge. An add-in card having one of a plurality of types can be installed in the slot. Upon installing the add-in card, the bridge determines the type of add-in card and asserts a logic signal to the power control unit. Based on the logic signal, the power control unit provides one of a plurality of direct current ('DC') voltages on the common power rail to the slot.