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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2005
Luke Mulcahy, Houston, TX (US);
Edward M. Reynolds, Tomball, TX (US);
Luke Mulcahy, Houston, TX (US);
Edward M. Reynolds, Tomball, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a circuit to indicate a match between a user-selectable power setting and an input voltage, comprises a first circuit node connected to a power source at an input voltage level, a second circuit node, a switch to switch the first circuit node and the second circuit node between a first position associated with a first voltage and a second position associated with a second voltage, and a first indicator coupled to the first circuit node and the second circuit node and activated when the switch is set in a position that corresponds to the input voltage level.