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20100235659 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING USE OF POWER IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM - In one embodiment, a power adapter comprises a power supply to output power for powering a powered device. The power adapter outputs information indicative of an amount of power output by the power supply for use by the powered device to control the amount of power used by the powered device. | 09-16-2010 |
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20110304378 | PERFORMING MULTIPLICATION USING AN ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER - A multiplier circuit to multiply a first signal with a second signal includes an analog-to-digital converter that has a first input and a second input. The first input is to receive the first signal. The multiplier circuit also has an inverting circuit having an input to receive the second signal, and an output connected to the second input of the analog-to-digital converter. An output value produced by a combination of the analog-to-digital converter and the inverting circuit is approximately a multiplication of the first signal and the second signal. | 12-15-2011 |
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20130124903 | COMPUTER SYSTEM WITH POWER MEASUREMENT - Apparatus and methods are provided for use with computers. A power supply includes metering to determine the instantaneous and cumulative energy consumption of the power supply and a computer coupled thereto. Communications enable the power supply to communicate corresponding power data to the computer. A user of the computer can then view the power data and assess the effectiveness of energy conservation efforts. | 05-16-2013 |
20130154551 | CHARGING PORT - A computing system including a port to provide power to a portable device. The power state of the computing system is determined and the type of charging port to provide can be based on the power state of the computing system. | 06-20-2013 |
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20150084602 | ENERGY STORAGE CHARGING FROM AN ADJUSTABLE POWER SOURCE - An energy storage device includes an integrated fuel gauge that is operatively connected to the energy storage device. The fuel gauge evaluates an operating parameter of the energy storage device and dynamically determines a state of charge. The fuel gauge communicates a communication including a requested operating parameter to the charging component with the single communication line and the signal indicates to an operating system component a change of an energy storage device state. The signal is used to trigger an alert or interrupt that causes the operating system component to display the change of the enemy storage state based on the signal. | 03-26-2015 |