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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2007
Applicant:
Kuan-chi Juan, Sijhih, TW;
Inventor:
Kuan-Chi Juan, Sijhih, TW;
Assignee:
Acer Incorporated, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A power management system for use in a laptop computer and its power management method include an external power apparatus and a control unit and a switch disposed in the laptop computer. The external power apparatus is pluggable and supplies direct current (DC) between 5 and 1.8 DC voltages to the laptop computer. The switch can turn on/off the direct current to at least one DC voltage point within the laptop computer based on a control signal sent from the control unit.