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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185767 | Automatic management of a power state of a device with network connections Embodiments provide a process and system for automatic management of networked devices based on the state of the network connection. The process automatically manages the power state of a networked computerized device according to a trigger event that corresponds to... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8171327 | Packet processing device, power-saving device, and power supply method In a packet processing device capable of reducing power consumption when time intervals between input packets is increased and an input traffic capacity is reduced, packet processors, N in number (N is an integer of one or more), sequentially perform processing in r... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166330 | Controlling auxiliary power to logic devices Various example implementations are disclosed. According to one example implementation, a system may include multiple logic devices, a power input, and a logic controller. The logic devices may each be configured to assert a request for auxiliary power to a logic co... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8166331 | Computer system and operating method thereof A computer system includes a power supply, a timing control circuit including a delay module, and a south bridge chip. The power supply outputs necessary voltages to the computer system and a first power good signal. The necessary voltages include a system voltage. ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161309 | Apparatus, system, and method for controlling power sequence in a blade center environment An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for controlling power sequence in a blade center environment. A blade center environment has many devices requiring power. A relationship component module creates a topology of interdependent relationships of the device... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156362 | Hardware monitoring and decision making for transitioning in and out of low-power state A power management controller (PMC) that interfaces with a processor comprising one or more cores. The PMC may be configured to communicate with each respective core, such that microcode executed by the respective processor core may recognize when a request is made ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151130 | Plural voltage level detection upon power drop for switching to standby mode with or without complete state saving interrupt processing A microcontroller including: a first voltage detection circuit that generates a first detection signal when a power supply voltage decreases to a voltage lower than a first voltage value; a second voltage detection circuit that generates a second detection signal wh... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145934 | Soft start sequencer for starting multiple voltage regulators A soft start sequencer is disclosed for starting a plurality of voltage regulators, the soft start sequencer comprising a first clock for clocking a plurality of soft start circuits, wherein each soft start circuit for ramping a reference signal from a first value t... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8132034 | System and method for managing information handling system power supply capacity utilization based on load sharing power loss An information handling system having plural processing modules, such as an information handling system blade chassis having plural information handling system blades, allocates power by determining an actual load sharing power loss associated with plural power supp... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127168 | Data processing device for reducing power consumption while operating a virtualized environment, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium and integrated circuit for performing the same A data processing device including an inter-VM notification management unit 1242, a resuming judgment unit 1244 and a scheduled interruption time acquisition unit 1245, such that, when it is necessary to notify a virtual machine in a power-savin... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8069362 | Automated electrical power savings in virtualization environments Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for shutting down a host, such as a computer, server, and the like, to enable power savings. In one aspect, there is provided a computer-implemented method. The computer-implemented method incl... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065547 | Control method and computer system for advanced configuration and power interface Provided is a control method for an advanced configuration and power interface (ACPI) in a computer system. The computer system comprises a processor and a bus master, wherein the processor, as defined by the ACPI specification, has a first state (C0 state), ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8051316 | System and method for managing power supply units Systems and methods for power management in an information handling system are disclosed. A method may include determining a power requirement of resources configured to receive power from a plurality of power supply units including one or more online power supply u... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8028185 | Protocol for transitioning in and out of zero-power state A processor may comprise one or more cores, where each respective core may comprise one or more state registers, and non-volatile memory configured to store microcode instructions executed by the respective processor core. The processor may further comprise a power ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8024595 | Semiconductor integrated circuit, and method of supplying a clock to internal blocks provided in a semiconductor integrated circuit A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a plurality of internal blocks, a supply unit, and a control unit. The supply unit is configured to supply a clock signal to each of the plurality of internal blocks. The control unit is configured to detect power consumpt... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7992027 | Power supply device and storage control device The power supply device of the present invention supplies power individually to a plurality of disk drives by rendering a plurality of DC/DC converters redundant. One redundant power supply substrate is assigned to a plurality of normal power supply substrates. One ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7975158 | Noise reduction method by implementing certain port-to-port delay A noise reduction method by implementing certain point-to-point delay is disclosed. In this regard a method is introduced comprising determining a frequency of a greatest noise on a high-speed data link when turning on a power delivery network, determining a delay t... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7971086 | Integrated waking/while-awake power management system with breaking distance timer for high wake-up latency portion of hardware A system for activating and deactivating a hardware device including a first stage electronic deactivation unit operative, responsive to a deactivation request, to perform a first deactivation operation including deactivation of a first portion of the hardware devic... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7937601 | Programmable system on a chip A programmable system-on-a-chip integrated circuit device comprises a programmable logic block, a non-volatile memory block, an analog sub-system, an analog input/output circuit block, and a digital input/output circuit block. A programmable interconnect architectur... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7895458 | Power control apparatus and method thereof A power control apparatus including an active block in which power is always maintained in an on state and an N number of power management units having a hierarchical structure where N is a natural number greater than or equal to 1. Each of the power management unit... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7886173 | Transitioning computing devices from secondary power to primary power after corresponding, independent delay times A method for powering a system is described. The method includes receiving a signal that indicates availability of a primary power source to supply operating power to a plurality of computing devices, and responsive to the received signal, transitioning each of the ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7873851 | Powering disk drive spinup A method is used in powering disk drive spinup. A disk drive is powered with a primary power source and is temporarily powered with a secondary power source in addition to the primary power source. The secondary power source powers the disk drive when the disk drive... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7788515 | Power control and status circuitry for communicating power on reset control and status via a single electrode A system and method providing, via a single output electrode of an integrated circuit having internal circuitry, a status signal having time multiplexed states indicative of a power on reset condition for external circuitry following enablement of operations of port... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7770044 | Method and apparatus for waking up a circuit An indication that a power supply is ramped up to a threshold level is received. A circuit is woken up in response to receiving the indication if a control field of configuration information is in a first state, and the circuit is not woken up in response to receivi... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7765420 | Single-wire sequencing technique Novel system and protocol for controlling a sequence of events. The sequencing system has a master circuit for providing sequencing information defining a sequence of events using a sequencing signal, and at least one slave circuit responsive to the sequencing signa... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7661005 | Individual storage device power control in a multi-device array Method and apparatus for controllably applying input power to storage devices in a multi-device array. The array preferably includes a circuit which changes input power state of the storage devices in a time-staggered sequence. Preferably, the change of input power ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7613943 | Programmable system on a chip A programmable system-on-a-chip integrated circuit device comprises a programmable logic block, a non-volatile memory block, an analog sub-system, an analog input/output circuit block, and a digital input/output circuit block. A programmable interconnect architectur... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7603578 | Programmable system on a chip for power-supply voltage and current monitoring and control A programmable system-on-a-chip integrated circuit device includes a programmable logic block, at least one user non-volatile memory block, and voltage-measuring and control analog and digital circuits on a single semiconductor integrated circuit chip or a flip chip... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7571334 | Multiple-channel agile high-voltage sequencer A high-voltage sequencer system includes positive and negative high-voltage supplies. A supply regulator is connected to the positive high-voltage supply. A master sequencer and programmable logic controller is connected to the supply regulator to control operation ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7571335 | Processor with variable wake-up and sleep latency and method for managing power therein For a processor having a plurality of sequential stages, variable (or idiosyncratic) wake-up latencies and a method for managing power in such a processor are provided. Each sequential stage includes one or more logic blocks and one or more power switches. A power c... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7555665 | Method and apparatus of disabling converters in a power module A power module includes a plurality of converters having outputs for coupling to a supply voltage. The power module further includes a connector having a pin to provide a signal indicative of whether the power module is being disconnected from a system. A controller... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7552351 | System for controlling sequential startup of hard disks A system for controlling sequential startup of hard disks applicable to an electronic system with at least a first set of hard disks and a second set of hard disks is provided. A power supply module is used to provide a first power signal to the first set of hard di... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7546479 | Robust power sequencing management solution for notebook computers For sequencing of power rails, a plurality of switches, which operate independently of each other, are operable to control delivery of power from an input power rail to an output power rail. The delivery of the power is controlled by a control input. A time delay ci... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7546478 | Apparatus and method to provide power to a plurality of data storage devices disposed in a data storage system A method is disclosed to provide power to a plurality of data storage devices disposed in a data storage system. The data storage system comprises a system controller comprising a data storage device power-up algorithm and a plurality of data storage devices, where ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7529958 | Programmable power transition counter Method, apparatus and system embodiments are disclosed for one or more programmable registers to hold wakeup time values for power management. For at least one embodiment, information based on the values in the programmable registers may be utilized by a power manag... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7523336 | Controlled power sequencing for independent logic circuits that transfers voltage at a first level for a predetermined period of time and subsequently at a highest level Embodiments of the invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to power sequencing, and provide a method, system and computer program product for supporting coupling with independent logic circuits. In one embodiment of the invention, a computer system supp... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7493506 | Programmable system on a chip for power-supply voltage and current monitoring and control A programmable system-on-a-chip integrated circuit device includes a programmable logic block, at least one user non-volatile memory block, and voltage-measuring and control analog and digital circuits on a single semiconductor integrated circuit chip or a flip chip... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7487376 | Programmable system on a chip A programmable system-on-a-chip integrated circuit device comprises a programmable logic block, a non-volatile memory block, an analog sub-system, an analog input/output circuit block, and a digital input/output circuit block. A programmable interconnect architectur... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7475267 | Systems and methods for delay in startup of multiple components Systems and methods for delay in startup of multiple components such multiple disk drives in computer systems to stagger associated spikes in resource usage during the initial startup of each component are disclosed. A delay module generally includes a detector to d... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7469353 | Power sequencing Methods and arrangements to establish power rails for a computer system in accordance with a sequence requirement are disclosed. Embodiments may interconnect voltage regulators for components of a platform in accordance with a sequence requirement for establishing p... | 12/23/2008 |
