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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2012
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Wayne L. Proefrock, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Lilly Huang, Portland, OR (US);
Krishnan Ravichandran, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 47/00 (2006.01); H02J 1/06 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); H02J 7/35 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 1/06 (2013.01); G06F 1/266 (2013.01); H02J 7/35 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0042 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0062 (2013.01); Y10T 307/747 (2015.04); Y10T 307/858 (2015.04);
Abstract
An electronic device is provided that may include an input port to couple to an external device, and a universal power interface to determine a type of the external device connected to the input port based at least on a voltage of a voltage supply line. The universal power interface may provide a power delivery path based on the determined type of the external device.