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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2003
Applicant:
Ho-joong Choi, Suwon-si, KR;
Inventor:
Ho-joong Choi, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/36 (2006.01); G06F 13/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A peripheral interface device includes a plurality of ports, each of which supports corresponding ones of first interface methods; a plurality of interface converters each connected to respective ports, and converting a first signal of the corresponding ones of the first interface methods from the corresponding ports into a second signal of a second interface method; and a port selection unit supplying power to one of the interface converters and cutting off the power from an other one of the interface converters to selectively operate the interface converters.