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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2013
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Barry L. Klein, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A storage device including a first switch unit configured to allow power to be received by the storage device from an AC adapter, and to prevent power from being received by the storage device from the AC adapter, and a storage controller. The storage controller can be configured to place the storage device in a first operating mode or a second operating mode, wherein the second operating mode is a reduced power state relative to the first operating mode, and control the first switch unit to allow power to be received by the storage device from the AC adapter when the storage device is in the first operating mode, and to prevent power from being received by the storage device from the AC adapter when the storage device is in the second operating mode.