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| 20080209096 | STRUCTURE FOR INITIALIZING EXPANSION ADPATERS INSTALLED IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM HAVING SIMILAR EXPANSION ADAPTERS - A design structure embodied in a machine readable storage medium for at designing, manufacturing, and/or testing a design is disclosed for initializing expansion adapters installed in a computer system having similar expansion adapters that include detecting an expansion adapter installed in a computer system having a plurality of expansion adapters, the detected expansion adapter having an option ROM containing initialization code, identifying similar expansion adapters installed in the computer system that correspond to the detected expansion adapter, each of the identified similar expansion adapters having an option ROM containing initialization code, disabling the option ROM of each of the identified similar expansion adapters, and initializing the plurality of expansion adapters installed in the computer system without executing the initialization code of the identified similar expansion adapters. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080235427 | Electronic device with card interface - When initializing a card-shaped device inserted in a card interface, operation mode acquiring means incorporated in an electronic device acquires operation mode information, stored in a register file incorporated in the card-shaped device, by a predetermined procedure using a predetermined pin. Operation mode setting means incorporated in the electronic device executes signal assignment on a plurality of data pins peculiar to an operation mode indicated by the acquired operation mode information, thereby switching a data transfer width, and allowing the card-shaped device to operate in the operation mode. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080244140 | EXTENDER STRIP AND TEST ASSEMBLY FOR TESTING MEMORY CARD OPERATION - A semiconductor device is disclosed including die bond pads which are heightened to allow wire bonding of offset stacked die even in tight offset configurations. After a first die is affixed to a substrate, one or more layers of an electrical conductor may be provided on some or all of the die bond pads of the first substrate to raise the height of the bond pads. The conductive layers may for example be conductive balls deposited on the die bond pads of the first substrate using a known wire bond capillary. Thereafter, a second die may be added, and wire bonding of the first die may be accomplished using a known wire bond capillary mounting a wire bond ball on a raised surface of a first semiconductor die bond pad. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080244141 | HIGH BANDWIDTH CABLE EXTENSIONS - An adapter has a first interface shaped and configured for removable mechanical and electrical attachment to a PCIe-based computer system and a second interface shaped and configured for removable mechanical and electrical attachment to a PCIe-based peripheral device. The adapter includes a network between and electrically connecting the interfaces in a pass-through configuration and according to PCIe-bases bus specifications. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080244142 | Slot Device - A slot device has a slot, a determining circuit, and a warning device. The slot is used to install an expansion card. The determining circuit is coupled to the slot and is used to determine whether the expansion card is completely installed to the slot. The warning device is coupled to the determining circuit, and when the determining circuit determines that the expansion card is not completely installed to the slot, the determining circuit controls the warning device to send out a warning signal. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080250180 | USB peripheral device with dynamic modification class and operation method of the same - A USB peripheral device with dynamic modification class is connected to a basic system of processor through a USB transmission interface. The USB peripheral device contains a card connection unit and a USB microprocessor. By judging whether the card connection unit is inserted with a card device, the USB microprocessor is determined to transmit the data or not with the basic system of processor. If one card device is inserted into the card connection unit, the USB microprocessor outputs the corresponding class code according to the device class of the card device for the basic system of processor distinguishing and confirming said class code. Therefore, dynamically changing the device class in accordance with various card devices is achieved. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080263251 | Control device used for a computer motherboard on which a plurality of interface cards is inserted - A control device used for a computer motherboard on which a plurality of interface cards is inserted, is composed of an L-shape notch which is opened at a corner or a long strip of notch which is opened at a side edge, of a circuit motherboard positioned in an interior of a computer casing of height of 2 U or 1 U; a riser card, which is inserted vertically into a preset slot of the circuit motherboard; and an interface short card or an interface long card, which can be fitted into the L-shape notch or the long strip of notch, wherein conduction pins of the interface long, short cards can be inserted into a transversal slot of the riser card, and the interface short card or the interface long card approaches to a same horizontal level as the circuit motherboard, such that the riser card can be added with more slots for insertion of more interface long cards or interface short cards. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080270662 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LIVE INSERTION - System and method for providing live insertion. According to an embodiment, the present invention provides an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes a first port configured to be electrically coupled to a pad. The first port includes a first connection, a second connection, and a third connection. The integrated circuit also includes a first resistor having a first terminal and a second terminal. Additionally, the integrated circuit includes a second resistor having a third terminal and a forth terminal. The integrated circuit additionally includes a voltage source configured to provided a first voltage. The integrated circuit further includes a first PMOS transistor having a first gate terminal, a first drain terminal and a first source terminal. In addition, the integrated circuit includes a second PMOS transistor having a second gate terminal, a second drain terminal, and a second source terminal. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080270663 | Computer card - A computer card comprising a first connector to enable the computer card to communicatively couple to an electronic device when the computer card is inserted into an externally accessible slot of the electronic device. The computer card further comprising an expansion slot configured to receive an expansion card therein. The computer card further comprising a second connector to facilitate coupling of a peripheral device to the computer card. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080282009 | DRIVING DEVICE FOR EXPANSION CARD AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF AND MOTHERBOARD - A driving device for an expansion card, a driving method thereof and a motherboard are provided. The driving method includes the step of detecting the information of an expansion card. When the information indicates that the expansion card is a nonstandard interface expansion card, a switch is turned on, and a chip unit drives the nonstandard interface expansion card via the switch. When the information indicates that the expansion card is a standard interface expansion card, the switch is turned off, and the chip unit drives the standard interface expansion card. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080288698 | CARD READER CONTROLLING APPARATUS BASED ON SECURE DIGITAL PROTOCOL - The proposed invention discloses a card reader controlling apparatus based on Secure Digital (SD) protocol, which comprises a high-speed bus interface, at least one SD host, at least one SD connection interface and SDIO connection interface (SD/SDIO interface), at least one bridge, and at least one other specific memory card connecting interface. The card reader controlling apparatus according to the proposed invention is capable of directly accessing data from/to an input/output device compatible with the SDIO connection interface (e.g. an SD card) or one other specific memory card via the high-speed bus interface. Thus, multiple format conversions performed by other peripheral bus interfaces (such as an USB interface) as the prior art can be by-passed or eliminated. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080288699 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE EXECUTION OF AN APPLET FOR AN IC CARD - A method for controlling the execution of an applet for an IC Card including a java card platform, includes a phase for downloading the applet inside the IC Card, a phase for executing the applet through the java card platform and a phase for storing an identification platform number inside a memory portion of the IC Card. The phase for executing the applet has a first step for detecting the identification platform number to perform the phase for executing the applet with or without restrictions, respectively if the identification platform number is not or is detected by the step for detecting. The applet is a java card applet or a SIM toolkit applet. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080288700 | Removable computer with mass storage - The present invention provides a detachable add-on card unit to a host system that combines mass storage capability and a processor on the same card. The card can receive data from the host, process the data, and store it in processed form, as well as the reverse process of retrieving stored data, processing it, and supplying it to the host. The non-volatile mass storage memory may contain program storage as well as card system data and user data. The end user of the card can program applications into the program storage. The combination of mass storage and a processor also adds to the capabilities of the on-card processor, allowing the card to store and execute programs. The present invention is able to provide a programmable add-on card unit to a host system. A number of applications can be stored in the card's mass storage and loaded as needed by the on-card micro-controller. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080294829 | Method And System Of Supporting Multi-Plugging In X8 And X16 PCI Express Slots - A card having a first device and a second device is plugged into a root port having a predefined root port width. The first device is trained and the device lane width is determined. If the root port width is greater than the device lane width then the root port is dynamically configured via hardware strapping to include a predefined number of adjacent ports with each port having a lane width equal to the device lane width. The root port is reset to force training of the first device and the second device. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080301345 | MULTI-CHARACTER ADAPTER CARD - One embodiment of an adapter card in accordance with the invention includes a circuit board connectable to a motherboard of a computer system. A logic chip is connected to the circuit board to provide functionality to the adapter card. One or more programmable devices are connected to the circuit board and store data read by the logic chip upon initialization. This data may include first character data to program the logic chip to have a first character and second character data to program the logic chip to have a second character. A switching mechanism is provided to switch between the first and second character data in response to an external input, thereby causing the logic chip to read one of the first and second character data. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080301346 | MOTHER BOARD MODULE AND PERSONAL COMPUTER HOST USING THE SAME - A mother board module suitable for being disposed in a housing of a personal computer (PC) host is provided. The housing has expansion port openings at a rear wall of the housing. The mother board module includes a mother board, a sound card and a signal transmission cable. The mother board includes a circuit board and interface card slots. The interface card slots are juxtaposed on the circuit board and disposed corresponding to the expansion port openings respectively. The sound card has a fixing plate and audio jacks disposed thereon. Each of the audio jacks has a plug-in hole. The fixing plate is suitable for being removably fixed on one of the expansion port openings, which exposes the plug-in holes of the audio jacks beyond the rear wall. Two ends of the signal transmission cable are connected with the sound card and the circuit board respectively. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080307141 | SLIDING CARD CARRIER - A system and method is provided for individually changing the peripheral cards of an electronic device, when the cards are operationally held inside a chassis on a rack cabinet. Included is a platform for holding the peripheral cards, and a slide carrier mounted on the chassis for moving the platform with cards into and out of the internal chamber of the chassis. Importantly, this is done while the chassis remains stationary on the rack cabinet. When moved outside the chassis chamber, each peripheral card can be individually handled (i.e. installed or removed) without contact or operational interference with other peripheral cards held on the platform. Adapters on the platform can be adjusted to accommodate the dimensions of each peripheral card. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080307142 | Communication card with three operational states - A communication card with three operational states, including a controller, a battery, a flash storage unit, a wireless modem, and a connector for connecting the communication card to a shell host and to an electronic device host, wherein the communication card (i) operates in a standalone mode when the connector is not connected to a device, (ii) functions as a master when the connector is connected to the shell host, and (iii) functions as a slave when the connector is connected to the electronic device host. A method and a computer-readable storage medium are also described and claimed. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080320195 | Adapter for memory card - An adapter for a memory card comprises a housing, an adapter interface and a plurality of terminals. The housing comprises a slot for accepting a first memory card that is to be adapted. The adapter interface is connected to one side of the housing. The adapter interface corresponds to a connection interface of a second memory card, and the size of the second memory card is smaller than the first memory card. The plurality of terminals is disposed in the slot. One side of the plurality of terminals may be electrically connected to the adapter interface. When the first memory card is inserted into the slot, the plurality of terminals may be electrically connected to the first memory card, and the first memory card may be electrically connected to the adapter interface. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080320196 | COMPUTER SYSTEM WITH PROCESSOR EXPANSION DEVICE - In a computer system, a processor expansion device is disposed in an expansion slot conforming to a bus agreement to expand processors. The processor expansion device includes one or more processors and corresponding memories. When the processor expansion device is disposed at the computer system, a BIOS of the computer system ports a bus routing of the processors on the processor expansion device and addresses the memories thereon. Therefore the number of the processors and the memories is expanded when the processor expansion device is disposed at the computer system. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090006698 | ADAPTER FOR AN EXPRESSCARD SLOT - An adapter assembly is disclosed that enables a memory card having a smaller length than a standard ExpressCard to be compatible with the standard ExpressCard slot. The adapter assembly includes an adapter having side rails configured to disable the ExpressCard slot ejector mechanisms. The adapter assembly further includes a tongue provided for rigidly connecting the adapter to a finger grip, which gets positioned outside of the opening of the ExpressCard slot upon insertion of the adapter assembly into the slot. The adapter allows a memory card having the approximate size, look and feel of a conventional CompactFlash card to be used in a conventional ExpressCard slot. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090019204 | SELF-HEALING NOISE DISPERSION SYSTEM FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE MULTIDROP SYSTEMS - The key limiter in a multi-drop system, such as a multi-drop memory system, is the super-positioning of reflection noise from multiple modules or pluggable units, such as DIMMs. Using the noise cancellation approach of the present invention, the noise is distributed across the width of the pulse thus significantly reducing the impact of noise super-positioning. Use of the system of the present invention provides improved noise margins and is a key enabler of high performance, high speed bus, particularly at higher bit rates, as well as an enabler for higher capacity modules, such as DIMMs. The system provides for electrical traces from each of the modules of varying lengths thereby distributing the noise reflections. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090031068 | SYSTEM BOARD WITH EDGE CONNECTOR - A system comprises a chassis and a system board contained within the chassis. The system board has an edge connector adapted to receive an add-in card in a configuration in which the system board and add-in card are substantially co-planar. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090043935 | Storage card having selectable contact elements and method of its operation - The present invention relates to a storage card having selectable contact elements a terminal capable of receiving said storage card and method of its operation. The storage card with selectable contact elements, comprises an interface having a plurality of contact elements, a storage card controller, being connected to at least a subset of said contact elements, a storage memory device, being connected to said storage card controller, a switching unit, that is connected to said storage card controller and to at least one of said contact elements of said interface, wherein said storage card controller is connected to said switching unit to controllably select said at least one contact element. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090063741 | METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ALLOCATING LINK WIDTH OF RISER CARD - A method for dynamically allocating link width of a riser card is disclosed. The method is suitable for a system including a riser card. In the present method, the number and the positions of cards inserted in the slots and functioning normally are detected so as to decide the link widths allocated for each of the cards. Next, a link width retraining procedure is executed so as to provide a proper link width for each the card to use. In this way, the present invention is able to achieve the optimization of allocating link widths without being limited by the types and the number of the cards disposed on the riser card, which is advantageous in saving the design cost of the riser card and enhancing the convenience to use and handle with the riser card. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090063742 | HOST APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MEMORY CARDS - A host controller can divide a preliminary process for writing to a memory card, or the like, into a plurality of unit processes for execution. While writing or the like is being performed with respect to a memory card (card | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090070512 | Apparatus for determining compatibility between devices - Embodiments are generally directed to an apparatus for determining compatibility between devices. In one embodiment, a table including a module's parameters and rules associated therewith is obtained from a module. The rules are applied to a slot's parameters to determine the module's compatibility with the slot upon coupling to the slot. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090077293 | Dimm Ejection Mechanism - A connector for an electronic card includes an improved latching mechanism for facilitating the insertion and removal of the card. In one embodiment, a connector body is secured to a motherboard and has a socket for removably receiving a DIMM to a seated position. In the seated position, DIMM terminals are in electrical contact with socket terminals, placing the DIMM in electronic communication with the motherboard. A lever is pivotally coupled to an end of the connector body, and is pivotable into engagement with the DIMM to raise the DIMM. A linear actuator is movably secured on a track and is movable into engagement with the lever. A user ejects the DIMM by pressing downward on the linear actuator at a push point. In response, the linear actuator engages the lever to cause the lever to raise the DIMM from the seated position to a raised position, thereby separating electrical contact between the DIMM terminals and the socket terminals. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090077294 | Communication system for a plurality of I/O cards by using the GPIO and a method thereof - A communication system for a plurality of I/O cards by using the GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output) and a method thereof are disclosed for overcoming the problems of the prior art; wherein the prior art uses the I2C and UART communication channels causing a greater quantity of the connecting lines to connect, thus the bus resource of the chip is consumed, which raises its cost. The present invention uses at least one GPIO port to replace a failure line of the I2C communication channel, or a failure line of the UART communication channel. The present invention also uses one or a plurality of additional GPIO ports to be the backup GPIO ports. Therefore, the present invention has a lot of characteristics, including excellent back-up capability, low cost, the communication channels can be easily switched, the required quantity of the signal lines is reduced, and the reliability of the communication is increased. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090077295 | Card-type peripheral device - A card-type peripheral device having a plurality of specifications of external interfaces includes a connector configured to connect the card-type peripheral device to a connectable device connectable to the card-type peripheral device, the connector including a dedicated terminal in which an interface to be used is set; an electronic component configured to be accessed via the set interface; a plurality of interface function units each configured to control an interface compliant with one of the plurality of specifications; and a communication function unit configured to perform communication with the electronic component using one of the interface function units having a specification corresponding to a setting of the dedicated terminal. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090089474 | MOTHERBOARD FOR SUPPORTING DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEMORY - An exemplary motherboard for supporting different types of memory includes a driving module, a first slot, a second slot, and a transmission line connected the driving module, the first slot and the second slot in turn. The first slot is arranged for mounting a first type of memory. The second slot is arranged for mounting a second type of memory. The first memory and the second memory are alternatively mounted on the motherboard. The transmission line is grounded via a capacitor for eliminating echo signals generated by the first and second type memories. The motherboard for supporting different memory modes satisfies different type memories, and maintains integrality of signals transmitted therein. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090100207 | Memory Card Reader to Provide Access to Multiple Memory Card Types - A memory card reader is disclosed. In one embodiment, the memory card reader comprises a first slot to receive a first memory card of a first format; a second slot to receive a second memory card of a second format having fewer interface pins than the first format; an Integrated Device Electronics (IDE) interface for transferring data to a system; and a single IDE converter, coupled to the IDE interface and the first and second slot, to interface with a memory card of the first format inserted in the first slot or a memory card of the second format inserted in the second slot, to convert signals from the first or second memory card into a format for the IDE interface, and the converter to detect a card inserted in the first or second slot by detecting a voltage change in the first or second slot. In a second embodiment, the memory card reader comprises a single-slot configured to receive one of first memory card type without an adapter and a second memory card type via an adapter; an Integrated Device Electronics (IDE) interface for transferring data to a system; and an IDE converter coupled to the IDE interface and the single slot, the converter to interface with one of the first or second memory card type inserted in the single slot and to convert signals from an inserted memory card to a format for the IDE interface, the converter to detect an inserted card by reading one or more pins of a first set of pins of the single slot, and to identify a type of card inserted based on reading one or more pins of a second set of pins of the single slot. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090106470 | HOST BUS ADAPTER WITH MULTIPLE HOSTS - A multi-host host bus adapter (HBA) can be connected to multiple host devices to allow the multiple host devices to communicate on a SAN fabric. More specifically, the multi-host HBA provides an interface for multiple SAN hosts without necessitating an HBA on each host, eliminating the need for an on-board HBA on each SAN host. The multi-host HBA interfaces to memory in each SAN host to which it is connected using PCI-Express (or a similar protocol), and communicates with other devices on the SAN fabric using Fibre Channel ports. The multi-host HBA communicates by receiving a command from a connected host, forwarding the command to a processor in the multi-host HBA, and sending the command to a device on a SAN. When the multi-host HBA receives a response from the device on the SAN, the multi-host HBA associates the response with the process and sends the response to the host. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090113103 | CASCADE TYPE CHARGE ASSEMBLY - A cascade type charge assembly is provided. The cascade type charge assembly is shaped in an expansion card and can be detached according to different purposes. The cascade type charge assembly comprises at least a first adapter, a second adapter, a third adapter, and a cover. A first type universal serial bus (USB) connecting line is disposed on one side of the first adapter for electrically connecting to a computer, and a second type USB connector is disposed on the other side of the first adapter. The second adapter has a side to be cascaded with the second type USB connector, and at least one cylindrical male plug is disposed on the other of the second adapter. The third adapter has a side to be cascaded with the at least one cylindrical male plug, and an electrical connector disposed on the other side of the third adapter, which can be accommodated within the cover. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090125661 | SYSTEM FOR SECURE TRANSACTIONS OF CARD-BORNE VALUE UNITS - The invention relates to a system for secure transactions of card-borne value units. The system comprises a card peripheral device for setting up a link with the card and comprising a transparent mode, a terminal linked to the card peripheral device, a host device linked to the terminal. The host device comprises a transactional application suitable for processing the value units on the card and cryptographic means making it possible to read and/or write values units and other information on the card. The card peripheral device operates in transparent mode. The terminal redirects the information originating from or addressed to the card peripheral device to the host device. The host device dialogs with the card via commands and data interchanges. In particular, the invention applies to the topping-up of a chip card, notably from computer means available to the user in possession of said card and an ordinary chip card reader. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090138643 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SECURELY CONFIGURING A TERMINAL - A method of configuring a terminal including initializing the terminal, and which automatically triggers at least: detecting presence of a memory by a basic input/output system of the terminal, accessing the memory by the basic input/output system, starting up an operating system stored in the memory, and starting up a driver of a telecommunication network access module, the driver of the access module being stored in the memory and configured to drive the access module through a communication link between the terminal and a telecommunication device including the access module. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090144474 | Method and apparatus for providing an alternative power source for a graphics card - A method and apparatus for providing an alternative power source for a graphics card are disclosed. Specifically, one embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method, which includes the steps of laying a set of gold fingers on a printed circuit board according to an industrial standard bus interface, positioning a wire in a middle layer of the printed circuit board, attaching a first end of the wire to a specific gold finger, and attaching the alternative power source to a second end of the wire, wherein the second end of the wire is an electroplated contact protruded external to the printed circuit board. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090144475 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device includes a plurality of memories inserted in at least one memory slot provided on a board; and a controller provided on the board to perform data communication with the plurality of memories, and to adjust an intensity of a current for data communication with a memory selected from the plurality of memories based on a distance between the controller and the memory slot in which the selected memory is inserted. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090164685 | EXPANSION DEVICE FOR HARD DISK DRIVE - An expansion device includes a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) card, a hard disk connector, a hard disk drive (HDD), and a signal converter. The PCI card includes PCI pins for connecting to a PCI slot of a motherboard of a computer. The connector is arranged on the PCI card. The HDD is attached to the PCI card and connected to the connector. The signal converter is connected between the hard disk connector and the PCI pins. The signal converter receives a PCI signal from the PCI slot through the PCI pins, and converts the PCI signal to a signal suitable for and provided to a HDD through the connector. When the HDD completes reading and writing, the signal converter receives a feedback signal from the HDD through the connector, and converts the feedback signal to a PCI signal for being provided to the motherboard through the PCI pins. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090182922 | BACKPLANE AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - The present invention discloses a communication apparatus. The communication apparatus includes one or more board and a backplane. The board includes a connector and a function processing unit circuit connected to the connector. The backplane includes at least one group of board connectors. Each group of the board connectors includes two board connectors that receive signals from different boards. The board connector includes connection terminals connected to the connector on boards. The two board connectors are distributed up and down, and the connection terminals of the two board connectors are distributed symmetrically around a center. The foregoing communication apparatus and backplane are cost-efficient. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090216931 | Information processing apparatus, method for controlling the same, and recording medium including program - An information processing apparatus includes a card slot to which a card-type medium is inserted, a determination unit configured to determine an operation mode, from among a first, second and third operation modes, which attains the highest speed of data communication between the information processing apparatus and the card type medium on the basis of a first, second and third communication speeds and the interruption-preventing maximum data size, and a data communication unit configured to perform data communication between the information processing apparatus and the card-type medium in the operation mode which attains the highest speed of the data communication and which is selected from among the first to third operation modes by the determination unit. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090222608 | Serial Bus System, Node Device and Input/Output Card That Can Be Connected To the Node Device - There is described a node device of a serial bus system, a bus system with a node device of this type, and an input/output card. In serial bus system, in which individual node devices can have only a limited address space, and in which a number of input/output cards can be connected in order to control and/or regulate an item of external peripheral equipment, limitations arise for the individual input/output cards with regard to the available address space. Normally, the input/output cards, which are connected to the node device, are required to divide the address space of the node device among each other. In order to rectify this problem, the invention provides that a node device of a serial bus system, which has slots for input/output cards, is additionally equipped with a splitter for duplicating a received bus signal and for injecting the duplicated bus signal into another data line, the additional data line serially connecting the node device to input/output cards connected via the slots. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090240862 | System Design for a Digital Electronic Sign Board - A system design for a digital electronic sign board comprises a main circuit module, an adapter module and a computer module; wherein the adapter module is fixed between the main circuit module and the computer module. The main circuit module and the adapter module are fixed in the digital electronic sign board. The computer module is externally inserted into the digital electronic sign board. Therefore the computer module and the main circuit module are electrically connected through the adapter module. The system design of the present invention removable and attached the computer module with the main circuit module. As a result, when a maintenance worker needs to perform maintenance on the computer module, he or she can conveniently pull out the computer module from the digital electronic sign board and insert the computer module back to the digital electronic sign board after maintenance is done so as to improve the efficiency and quality of maintenance. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090240863 | DISTRIBUTED POWER REGULATION - Distributed power regulation in a handheld device is provided. A system for power regulation in a handheld electronic device having a battery, includes: an expansion interface for receiving a battery power from the battery; and a peripheral interface system releasably coupled to the expansion interface and communicating with a peripheral device for generating one or more predetermined operation powers for the peripheral device, based on the battery power provided through the expansion interface. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090254689 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TWO-DIMENSIONAL MAIN MEMORY - In one embodiment of the invention, a memory module is disclosed including a printed circuit board with an edge connector; an address controller coupled to the printed circuit board; and a plurality of memory slices. Each of the plurality of memory slices of the memory module includes one or more memory integrated circuits coupled to the printed circuit board, and a slave memory controller coupled to the printed circuit board and the one or more memory integrated circuits. The slave memory controller receives memory access requests for the memory module from the address controller. The slave memory controller selectively activates one or more of the one or more memory integrated circuits in the respective memory slice in response to the address received from the address controller to read data from or write data into selected memory locations in the memory integrated circuits. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090254690 | COMMUNICATION CARD WITH STANDALONE AND MASTER OPERATIONAL STATES - A communication card with three operational states, including a controller, a battery, a flash storage unit, a wireless modem, and a connector for connecting the communication card to a shell host and to an electronic device host, wherein the communication card (i) operates in a standalone mode when the connector is not connected to a device, (ii) functions as a master when the connector is connected to the shell host, and (iii) functions as a slave when the connector is connected to the electronic device host. A method and a computer-readable storage medium are also described and claimed. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090265496 | Adapter card replay buffer for system fault analysis - An adapter card for directing an information handling system (or another device) device to copy one or more data packets buffered in its memory may include an interface core. The interface core may comprise an electric circuit including electronic components and control logic for interfacing with the information handling system device. The adapter card may include a front end data channel coupled with the interface core for transmitting a data packet between the electronic components and the information handling system device. The adapter card may buffer a data packet according to a particular interface format and/or may include a buffer for storing the data packet. The adapter card may include control logic configured to direct the information handling system device to copy the data packets buffered in the memory of the adapter card. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090271551 | EXPANSION STRUCTURE FOR MICROCOMPUTER - An expansion structure for microcomputer includes a case having two end panels; a motherboard being installed in the case and provided with at least a connection port, a central processing unit, a plurality of electronic elements, a storage unit, and a plurality of push keys and external peripheral device connectors accessible at the end panels of the case; an adaptation connector arranged on the motherboard and electrically connected to the connection port, and the adaptation connector having a socket located on one of the end panels of the case; and an expansion interface card having an I/O connector provided along an edge thereof for plugging in the connection port on the motherboard. Desired external peripheral devices may be connected to the adaptation connector and/or the expansion interface card to conveniently achieve the expansion of the functionality of a microcomputer. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090276554 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND DATA-TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD - A computer system includes a bridge having a transmitting channel and a controller, wherein the transmitting channel is controlled by the controller; a first slot disposed therein a first pin connected to the controller; and a second slot disposed therein a second pin connected to the controller. The controller is enabled through the first pin and the second pin while a first device is plugged in the first slot and a second device is plugged in the second slot. A data is transmitted to the first and second devices through the transmitting channel. Alternatively, the data is directly transmitted to the first device if only the first slot is plugged with the first device. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090287870 | REMOVABLE WIRELESS EXPANSION CARD HAVING A REMOVABLE SUBSCRIBER INFORMATION MODULE - The utility and operation of portable hosts, such as PDAs and other portable computers, is enhanced by methods and devices employing a first-level removable module adapted to receive a second-level removable module with subscriber services information. The first-level removable module processes received messages and services based at least in part on the contents of the subscriber services module. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090292849 | ADAPTABLE PCI EXPRESS CONTROLLER CORE - A controller core for controlling communication of Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Express, the controller core comprises: a standard configuration register unit, a capabilities register unit, a logic unit and a bond option signal. The standard configuration register unit is configured for controlling the communication of the PCI-E, and supporting the controller core been embedded internally and accessible from exterior. The logic unit applied to associate with the standard configuration register unit and the capabilities register unit for identifying a hot insertion and removal from exterior of the controller core; and the bond option signal is used to enable and disenable the standard configuration register unit, the capabilities register unit, and the logic unit respectively. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090292850 | File System Adapter for Hardware Implementation or Acceleration of File System Functions - A file system adapter card that may be plugged into a host computer system for providing hardware-based file system accesses outside the purview of a host operating system running on the host computer system. The file system adapter card includes a hardware-implemented or hardware-accelerated file service subsystem and a computer bus that permits a host computer system to communicate directly with the file service subsystem for providing file service requests and receiving file service responses. The file service subsystem includes dedicated hardware that operates outside the immediate control of a host operating system, including specialized circuitry for performing at least one major subsystem function. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090327558 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING ELECTRICAL ISOLATION - In a particular embodiment, a power sourcing equipment (PSE) device is disclosed that includes a plurality of network input/output (I/O) interfaces adapted to physically and electrically connect to a respective plurality of cables. The PSE device further includes a plurality of driver circuits. Each driver circuit of the plurality of driver circuits is coupled to a respective network I/O interface of the plurality of network I/O interfaces to send and receive data via a respective cable of the respective plurality of cables. Further, the PSE device includes a shared isolation barrier to electrically isolate control circuitry from the plurality of driver circuits. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090327559 | MOTHER-BOARD - A mother-board includes a chipset, a switch, and first and second PCI Express X16 graphics interfaces. The switch has first and second switch circuits. The switch selectively turns on one of the first and second switch circuits according to a control signal. The first PCI Express X16 graphics interface has former eight lanes electrically connected to the chipset, and latter eight lanes selectively electrically connected to the chipset through the first switch circuit. The second PCI Express X16 graphics interface has former eight lanes selectively electrically connected to the chipset through the second switch circuit. When the first switch circuit is turned on, 16 lanes of the first PCI Express X16 graphics interface are electrically connected to the chipset. When the second switch circuit is turned on, the former eight lanes of the second PCI Express X16 graphics interface are electrically connected to the chipset. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100005210 | Motherboard With Video Data Processing Card Capability - The motherboard comprises a CPU and a memory component; further at least one video data processing chip mounted to the motherboard wherein the video data processing chip is programmable; and further at least one additional memory component provided to store a software that is executable by the video data processing chip. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100023668 | COMPUTER SYSTEM HAVING MULTI-FUNCTION CARD READER MODULE WITH PCI EXPRESS INTERFACE - A computer system includes a host, a PCI Express bus and a multi-function card reader module. The PCI Express bus is coupled to the host. The multi-function card reader module includes a plurality of card readers, a PCI Express interface and a PCI Express host controller. The plurality of card readers correspond to a plurality of memory card formats, respectively. The PCI Express interface is coupled to the PCI Express bus. The PCI Express host controller is coupled to the PCI Express interface and the plurality of card readers for controlling data transmission between the PCI Express interface and the plurality of card readers. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100023669 | HOST CONTROLLER DISPOSED IN MULTI-FUNCTION CARD READER - A host controller disposed in a multi-function card reader includes: a Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) interface configured for coupling to a host computer; and a port multiplier having a control port and a plurality of peripheral device ports. The control port is coupled to the SATA interface, and the peripheral device ports are coupled to a plurality of peripheral device interfaces, respectively. The peripheral device interfaces are disposed in the multi-function card reader, and include at least one flash memory card interface. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100036990 | NETWORK DEVICE - A network device includes a bus, at least one line card with a chip select pin and an address, and a control card module. The control card module includes at least one active control card connected to each line card. The control card module indentifies the line cards by the value of the chip select pin and the address so as to transmit data to the line card. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100042769 | MOTHERBOARD AND INTERFACE CONTROL METHOD OF MEMORY SLOT THEREOF - The invention provides a motherboard and an interface control method of a memory slot thereof. The motherboard includes a plurality of slot groups, a bus, and an interface controller. Each of the slot groups includes a first memory slot and a second memory slot connected with the bus. The first memory slot and the second memory slot form two different access addresses. The interface controller transmits a plurality of pin control signals to the corresponding slot groups to make the two access addresses of the first memory slot and the second memory slot of a using slot group of the slot groups different from the two access addresses of the first memory slot and the second memory slot of each of the other slot groups. Then, the interface controller accesses the using slot group via the bus. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100049893 | LINK BALANCER APPARATUS WITH LOW PROFILE PLURAL PORT INPUT / OUTPUT CARD - A space-conscious system utilizes a low profile expansion card for providing a physical and electrical interface between a larger scale board, such as a motherboard, and a plurality of external components. The expansion card is mounted in a perpendicular orientation relative to the larger scale board, despite dimensional limitations with regard to such an orientation. The expansion card includes an input/output circuit board and a plurality of “signal-conduction extenders” for enabling coupling a plurality of ports to an external wall of the housing in which the expansion card and larger scale board are contained. In one possible embodiment, the housing is compatible with the 1U standard, the expansion card is an Ethernet card, and there is an adapter board at the front wall of the housing for routing connections from the expansion card to a plurality of exposed ports. The invention allows more than two of the expansion cards to be mounted in parallel within the same container. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100057968 | MODULAR FLEXIBLE SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE FOR TV - Rather than have a unique code set per TV product, a common code base is provided to service multiple products and even multiple product lines. Embedded systems can be upgraded through a network connection. The software architecture provides a flexible approach to supporting multiple product offerings through a plug-in modular middle-ware and to providing standardized hardware acceleration for both 2D and 3D graphics. The plug-in capability provides for feature additions and upgrades after sale. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100064087 | Electronic device using memory to expand storage capacity - The present invention discloses an electronic device using a memory to expand storage capacity, and the device includes a main board and a data storage module. The main board includes at least one interface card slot, and the data storage module includes at least one storage interface card, and a plurality of memory slots disposed on the storage interface card for movably inserting a memory. The memory is for storing data, and the storage interface card is inserted into the interface card slot. With the memory slot on the storage interface card, the memory can be expanded conveniently, and the storage capacity can be increased dynamically as needed. The invention also enhances the security, performance, and vibration resisting function of the data storage. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100077121 | DETACHABLE ADAPTER AND PORTABLE SYSTEM - A detachable adapter is provided for being detachably connected to a data bus of a receptacle of a portable device to form a portable system. The adapter includes a conversion circuit and can inform the portable device that whether a power source is available and inform the portable device of connection status of the adapter through the data bus. The portable device can be connected to the power source through one of the receptacles of the adapter so that the portable device is powered or charged, and the portable device can be connected to at least one client device through the other receptacle of the adapter simultaneously. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100088447 | SECURE MMC STANDARD SMARTCARD WITH MULTI-APPLICATION OPERATION CAPABILITY, PROCESS OF OPERATION - The invention relates to smartcard under SecureMMC standard, the card being connected to a host through a MMC bus and being compliant to ISO/IEC7816 standard. According to the invention, the card is multi-application operation capable and a determined number N of commands can be processed in the card in parallel, being the number of logical channels the card can support, the card has means for using a command or a response which is encapsulated in an information field of a bloc frame, said bloc frame also having at least a prologue field for at least identifying the source node application and the destination node application in a NAD datum, and the card has means for as long as the number p of active commands in the card is lower than N and none is completed, the card is in Secure_Idle state. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100088448 | VIRTUAL COMPUTING ACCELERATOR AND PROGRAM DOWNLOADING METHOD FOR SERVER-BASED VIRTUAL COMPUTING - Provided are a virtual computing accelerator and program downloading method for server-based virtual computing. The virtual computing accelerator divides a program allocated to a virtual memory into groups, such as pages or segments, and downloads the groups of program data in sequence. Here, the groups of program data are downloaded after download sequence is estimated on the basis of statistical data accumulated in a hash table, or only a part that must be first downloaded is downloaded in advance. Thus, a program-execution wait time of a client can be reduced. In addition, only a part of a possibly required program is transferred in advance, and the client can execute the application program using only a small amount of virtual memory. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100088449 | DETECTING SYSTEM FOR DETECTING INSERTION OF EXPANSION CARD - A detecting system includes a slot, a controller and a power source terminal. The slot includes a first detecting pin and a second detecting pin. The first detecting pin is electrically connected to a detecting voltage terminal. The second detecting pin is connected to ground. The controller is electrically connected to the first detecting pin. The controller receives a high level voltage signal from the first detecting pin when an expansion card is not detected. The power source terminal is connected to the slot under control of the controller. On the condition that the first detecting pin is electrically connected to the second detecting pin. The controller receives a low level voltage signal from the first detecting pin. The controller is then triggered to connect the power source terminal to the slot to supply power to the expansion card. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100106878 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE UTILIZING CONNECTING PORT FOR CONNECTING CONNECTOR TO TRANSMIT/RECEIVE SIGNALS WITH CUSTOMIZED FORMAT - An electronic device includes: a first output port, a processing circuit and a bridge circuit. The first output port is configured for connecting a connector with a connector type complying with a specific signal transmission standard. The processing circuit is utilized for processing an input data to generate an output data. The bridge circuit is coupled between the processing circuit and the first output port, and utilized for receiving the output data generated from the processing circuit, converting the output data into an output signal which has a physical layer compliant with the specific signal transmission standard and a protocol layer different from the specific signal transmission standard, and then outputting the output signal to the first output port. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100125689 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS CAPABLE OF RECEIVING DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEMORY CARDS - The invention provides an electronic apparatus capable of receiving a first-type memory card or a second-type memory card. In one embodiment, the electronic apparatus comprises a socket, a controller circuit, and an interface circuit. The socket is coupled to the first-type memory card through a set of first pins and is coupled to the second-type memory card with a set of second pins. The controller circuit accesses the first-type memory card or the second-type memory card via a plurality of input/output (IO) pins, and determines which of the first-type memory card and the second-type memory card is inserted into the socket according to the voltage of a target IO pin selected from the IO pins. The interface circuit sets the voltage of the target pin to different values according to whether the first-type memory card or the second-type memory card is inserted into the socket. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100138580 | MEMORY CARD ADAPTER - A card adapter includes a plurality of memory card interfaces for interfacing with a plurality of memory cards, each of the memory cards having its own file system, and a host interface for interfacing a host of the memory cards. A controller of the card adapter interfaces with the plurality of memory card interfaces and with the host interface and controls operation of the memory cards. The card adapter may have several modes of operation, one of which involves emulating, on the host, by the controller, a virtual file system that represents a unified image of the file systems of two or more memory cards. In another mode of operation of the card adapter the controller establishes presents to the host only one file system of a memory card. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100169530 | CIRCUIT BOARD SYSTEM - A circuit board system for connecting with at least an expansion card that includes a Programmable Logic Device (PLD) electrically coupled to the expansion slot. The PLD is configured to detect whether the expansion card is compatible with the circuit board system. If the PLD detects that the expansion card is not compatible with the circuit board system, the logic controller cuts off the connection between the main power supply and the expansion slot. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100199011 | Adaptable Hardware-Programmable Transmission Interface for Industrial PCs - An adaptable hardware-programmable transmission interface for an industrial PC is characterized by a module switch provided on a motherboard of the industrial PC, and a plurality of riser cards, each of which is connectable to a connecting end of the motherboard and formed with one or a plurality of slots having a variety of specifications, allowing the motherboard to be significantly downsized. In addition, the same motherboard can be connected with a selected one of the different riser cards to provide lane interfaces that meet various dynamic changing needs. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100205341 | CARD RECOGNITION METHOD FOR MICRO SD ADAPTER - A card recognition method is disclosed to provide a Micro SD adapter, which has a common insertion slot for the insertion of a M2 memory card or a Micro SD memory card, and a microprocessor with a built-in software program for detecting the potential signal of the inserted memory card and switching on or off the Micro SD memory card signal transmission path or the M2 memory card signal transmission path subject to the detection result, so that an external electronic device to which the Micro SD adapter is electrically connected can communicate with the memory card in the common insertion slot for signal transmission. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100205342 | FUNCTION EXPANSION METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC PRODUCT AND DEVICE THEREOF - In a function expansion method for an electronic product and a device thereof, the device includes a circuit board, a microprocessor unit and a storage unit. The circuit board includes an expansion socket, and the expansion socket includes a plurality of plugholes. The microprocessor unit is installed onto the circuit board and electrically coupled to the each plughole. The storage unit is installed onto the circuit board and electrically coupled to the microprocessor unit. The microprocessor unit scans a predetermined plughole group installed on the expansion socket to determine whether or not a functional device is plugged, and then determines what type of functional device is plugged into the plughole group, and finally reads a driver program of the functional device from storage unit, and the functional device is installed or driven. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100217909 | FIELD REPLACEABLE UNIT FOR SOLID STATE DRIVE SYSTEM - A unit for use as a solid state drive (SSD) system. The unit may include a number of removable components that can be field serviced without having to replace the entire unit and without having to remove the unit from its operational rack support structure. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100217910 | MEMORY CARD AND HOST DEVICE - An apparatus includes a first Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector and a card holder associated with the first USB connector. A controller including a USB host interface is coupled to the first USB connector. A housing enclosing the controller and at least partially enclosing the card holder has an opening that is dimensioned to enable insertion of a memory card into the card holder. The first USB connector is configured to connect to a second USB connector of the memory card when the memory card is inserted into the card holder. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100223412 | MEMORY CARD, MEMORY CARD READER AND MEMORY CARD SYSTEM - A memory card includes a connector unit, an external switch, a mode switch, a processing unit, and at least one memory. The connector unit includes a plurality of connector pins. The external switch generates a mode switching signal. The mode switch selectively couples at least one connector pin of the plurality of connector pins to a memory card path or a wired universal serial bus (USB) path in response to the mode switching signal. The processing unit includes a memory card interface unit coupled to the memory card path and a wired USB interface unit coupled to the wired USB path, and selectively operates the memory card interface unit or the wired USB interface unit in response to the mode switching signal. The at least one memory stores data received through the connector unit. Therefore, the memory card may perform a cable association for a wireless universal serial bus (WUSB) communication. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100235560 | INPUT/OUTPUT EXPANSION DEVICE FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Provided is an input/output (I/O) expansion device for a portable electronic apparatus having a port to which an external expansion device can be connected. The I/O expansion device includes: a display body having at least one display portion; and at least one I/O connector formed at a portion of the display body to be electrically and physically attached to and separated from the port of the portable electronic apparatus. Therefore, it is possible to provide a multi-function I/O expansion device that can be electrically and physically attached and separated. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100250812 | ELECTRONIC MULTIPURPOSE CARD - Cards having functionality of multiple card types. A user simply selects the appropriate card type and date specific to that card type is made accessible to card readers or other data reading means. Certain cards include biometric readers that provide enhanced security against unauthorized use. Only the appropriate owner of the card is able to activate and use a card by way of a biometric scan of his/her own skin. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100250813 | Safety-oriented Automation System Having Automatic Address Recovery - An industrial automation system for controlling the operating means of a technical process. The system includes fail-safe modules for interchanging process data with the operating means, i.e., actuating and measurement signals, stations having slots for modules, which slots are inter-connected by a backplane bus, a central processing unit at least for processing process signals from the technical process, and a field bus for transmitting data between the central processing unit and the stations. In accordance with the invention, the address relationship for the addressing of a fail-safe module by the central processing unit over the field bus for data processing purposes is permanently stored in a first memory in the respective module and is additionally permanently backed-up in the associated station. As a result, it is advantageously possible to safely and automatically recover the address relationships of fail-safe modules due to address relationships which have already been recognized as valid, such as during planning, being backed-up in a permanent, power-failure-safe manner at the station level. In addition, it is possible, when a module is exchanged, for a new module to reload the correct address relationships of the old module, which is no longer present, from the back-up means in the station. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100281200 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH CARD INTERFACE - When initializing a card-shaped device inserted in a card interface, operation mode acquiring means incorporated in an electronic device acquires operation mode information, stored in a register file incorporated in the card-shaped device, by a predetermined procedure using a predetermined pin. Operation mode setting means incorporated in the electronic device executes signal assignment on a plurality of data pins peculiar to an operation mode indicated by the acquired operation mode information, thereby switching a data transfer width, and allowing the card-shaped device to operate in the operation mode. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100306435 | RECONFIGURABLE VIRTUAL BACKPLANE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Reconfigurable virtual backplane systems and methods are provided. One virtual backplane system includes a bus, and first and second line cards coupled to the bus. Each line card includes a processor including a memory storing an array of configuration tables. Each configuration table stores a listing of processes to be transmitted to or received from the communication bus, wherein a first configuration table is selected from the first line card upon the occurrence of a first event and a second configuration table is selected from the second line card upon the occurrence of a second event. One method includes connecting first and second buses in first and second systems, respectively, to form a bus for a new system. The method further includes detecting the connection of the first and second buses, and reconfiguring the first and second systems to operate as the new system in response to detecting the connection. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100306436 | MODULARLY CONSTRUCTED FIELD DEVICE OF PROCESS AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY - The present invention relates to a modularly constructed field device ( | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100312937 | INTERFACE CARD WITH EXTENSIBLE INPUT/OUTPUT INTERFACE - An interface card with extensible input/output interface used for being inserted into a slot of a mainboard and for transmitting a bus signal to a remote backplane having a plurality of input/output interfaces, including a repeater, a serializer, a processor, and an interface unit is disclosed. The repeater is used for enhancing the bus signal. The serializer is connected to the repeater and is used for serializing the bus signal. The processor is connected to both the repeater and the serializer and is used for monitoring the transmission of the bus signal and for compensating the bus signal. The interface unit is connected to both the repeater and the serializer and is used for transmitting the serialized bus signal to the remote backplane. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100318708 | SERVER-BASED NETWORK APPLIANCE - Communication apparatus includes a case including a front panel and having a rear side opposite the front panel. A computer motherboard includes a processor and a bus having bus slots, and is mounted in the case so that the bus slots are located adjacent to the rear side of the case. One or more communication adapter cards, each of which includes a bus connector compatible with the bus and one or more ports for receiving a communication cable, are mounted in the case so that the ports are accessible at the front panel. Bus extension circuitry is connected inside the case between the bus slots on the motherboard and the one or more communication adapter cards, and includes a backplane including at least one backplane slot, for receiving the bus connector of the one or more communication adapter cards. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100332710 | HARD DISK DRIVE HAVING A BYPASS FOR SAS/SATA SIGNALS - There is disclosed a mass storage device (such as a hard disk drive) comprising an input connector for electrically receiving both a first set of data signals and a second set of data signals. The first set of data signals are used to store or retrieve information on the mass storage device, whereas the second set of data signals are electrically conducted to an output connector on the mass storage device. When an adjacent mass storage device is connected to the output connector, the second set of data signals are used to store or retrieve information on this adjacent mass storage device. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110004716 | DISCRETE LATERAL MOSFET POWER AMPLIFIER EXPANSION CARD - The teachings are directed to a power amplifier expansion card (“amplifier card”) for a computer. The amplifier card receives audio data through an input port and amplifies the audio data to high-level passive speaker power for transmissions through an output port. The amplifier card can comprise a circuit board having (i) at least two audio channels; (ii) an audio power amplification circuit for amplifying audio power to at least 20 W RMS per channel; and (iii) an onboard cooling system. The amplifier card can be used, for example, in a multimedia system having at least a studio controller operably connected to the amplifier card for receiving and processing input audio data. Examples of such multimedia systems include, but are not limited to, a television home entertainment system, an audio home entertainment system, a music production studio system, a gaming system, a personal computing system, or any combination thereof. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110016248 | INSERTION/REMOVAL DETECTOR - With an external memory to be inserted and removed through an adapter, insertion and removal of the external memory are reliably detected and data destruction with insertion or removal is prevented. A detector includes a card detection section ( | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110022761 | System and Method to Stack an Open NAND Flash Interface Module over a Minicard - A system includes a minicard host connector and an open NAND flash interface host connector. The minicard host connector is configured to receive a minicard. The open NAND flash interface host connector is in physical communication with the minicard host connector and configured to receive an open NAND flash interface card. The open NAND flash interface host connector includes first and second retention arms extending from opposite ends of the open NAND flash interface host connector. The open NAND flash interface host connector is sufficiently wide for the minicard host connector to fit between the first and second retention arms. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110040917 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING INTERCHANGEABLE DEDICATED MANAGEMENT NETWORK INTERFACE CARD ACCESS VIA FABRIC CONTROLLER - Systems and methods for reducing problems and disadvantages associated with traditional approaches to providing dedicated network interface card access are provided. An information handling system may include a processor, a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, a non-dedicated network interface communicatively coupled to the processor, a dedicated network interface, and a baseboard management controller. The non-dedicated network interface may have a first sideband interface. The dedicated network interface may have a second sideband interface communicatively coupled to the first sideband interface. The baseboard management controller may be communicatively coupled to the second sideband interface. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110040918 | Host for Use with Dual Interface Card with Backward and Forward Compatibility - Techniques are presented that allow a memory card operable according to two protocols (such as a legacy protocol and newer protocol), and having a corresponding dual interface, to be used with hosts that support the new protocol as well as having backward compatibility with legacy hosts, while preventing the use of legacy cards with hosts that support the new protocol but do not support the legacy protocol. The card that supports the new protocol has a similar form factor to the legacy card, includes an indentation. A host that supports the new, but not the legacy, type card includes a mechanical structure within the attachment slot that, based on the card indentation, can distinguish the card types and prevent the non-supported card from being attached. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110099314 | Method for Operating a Trip Recorder of a Motor Vehicle and a Trip Recorder for Performing the Method - A trip recorder, a memory card or a cleaning card being passed by a reading device by an electric motor drive. The trip recorder attempts to establish communication with the inserted card. If no communication can be established, the reader device or the memory card is dirty, or the cleaning card is inserted in the trip recorder. In case of a failed attempt at communication, the electric motor drive moves the inserted card past the reader device repeatedly removing potential contamination. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110113177 | SERVER AND UPDATE METHOD THEREOF - A server is provided, and the server includes an embedded management board (EMB), a management backplane and a plurality of independent motherboards. The management backplane is coupled to the EMB. The plurality of motherboards respectively coupled to the management backplane and issues a command for performing a data-update on the EMB. Each motherboard of the plurality of independent motherboards includes a network interface and a management controller. The network interface receives a control command issued from a far-end device. The baseboard management controller coupled to the network interface for receives the control command and sends the command to the plurality of independent motherboards, wherein the each motherboard of the plurality of independent motherboards includes an individual on/off function. When the EMB is working, the EMB switches to connect with the plurality of motherboards through the management backplane by an polling method. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110138095 | PROVIDING EXPANSION CARD SETTINGS - Settings are provided by a chassis management controller to an expansion card in a multi-slot server chassis. The chassis management controller in a multi-slot server chassis provides an operating parameter to a server management controller in a server, and the server management controller writes the operating parameter to a port expander of an expansion card installed on the server. The operating parameter is written to the port expander prior to expansion card power up, and the expansion card uses the operating parameter after power up to derive one or more SERDES value. The SERDES value is used to program an ASIC chip comprising a SERDES converter on the expansion card. In one example, the operating parameter is determined by the capabilities of a chassis midplane at the slot where the compute node is installed. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110145464 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS DIGITAL CONTENT MANAGEMENT - A memory card to be used in an apparatus having an inbuilt processor incapable of independently exporting digital data externally of the apparatus, the digital data being captured by the apparatus, the memory card comprising a central processor configured to control the export of data from the apparatus, a storage module operably connected to the central processor and being configured to store the data to be exported, and a wireless module configured to export the digital data from the storage module and being operably connected to one of: the central processor, and the memory. A corresponding method is also disclosed. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110145465 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY CARD - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory card includes a first and a second pin group used for reading/writing data in a first and a second modes and an interference portion that prevents the semiconductor memory card from being inserted up to a normal position of a card insertion hole of a connector dedicated to the first mode. One of the first and the second pin group is arranged in a tip portion in an insertion direction and the other in a rearward position therefrom, each of which in a direction perpendicular to the insertion direction aligned adjacent to each other. The insertion direction into the connector is identical regardless of which mode the semiconductor memory card is used in. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110153895 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an attachment unit, an image processing unit, a storage unit, a discrimination unit and a control unit. A memory unit storing at least one piece of information is detachably attached to the attachment unit. The image processing unit performs image processing. The storage unit stores the information stored in the memory unit through the attachment unit or stores a result of processing executed by the image processing unit. The discrimination unit discriminates processing information inputted externally for instructing the image processing unit to execute processing. The control unit controls a process of transferring the information stored in the memory unit or the result of processing executed by the image processing unit and stored in the storage unit in accordance with a result of discrimination executed by the discrimination unit. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153896 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY CARD, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY SYSTEM - A semiconductor memory card which can be attached to a host apparatus and can be removed from the host apparatus includes a plurality of data transfer terminals, and an internal circuit transmitting a first signal to at least one first data transfer terminal comprising at least one of the data transfer terminals and transmitting a second signal to at least one second data transfer terminal comprising at least one of the data transfer terminals different from the first data transfer terminals. The second signal is generated by executing a logical operation on the first signal. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110161543 | Memory Management - An Accelerated Storage Controller (ASC) in an electronic device allows both conventional (slower) application processor to memory interfaces to be employed transparently to existing software, while also allowing software configuration to realize an accelerated storage architecture on demand. Some use cases for the electronic device do not require accelerated storage, and a bypass mode does not require any modification to existing software. Other use cases (such as fast download of multiple gigabytes of media) benefit from an accelerated storage architecture offloading transfer from the electronic device application processor, but could also work with the traditional processor to memory interface, at the cost of slower downloads. Embodiments of the present invention provide for both these possibilities in a software-configurable architecture. Furthermore, a number of other connectivity options are provided under software control to optimize performance and connectivity for different use case scenarios. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110167186 | Optimized Non-Volatile Storage Systems - A memory card that adapts its operation according to the application to which it applied or the conditions under which it is operated. This allows the card to dynamical self optimize. In a first set of embodiments, the card uses host profiling where it will learn about the host during host-card interactions and the card's controller will optimize its algorithms accordingly. In another set of embodiments, the host and card will report to one another their capabilities for a quality of service negotiation. A further set of embodiments allows the storage device to memorize access sequences issued by the host under various predefined conditions, such as host reset or a power on boot sequence. The storage device can use this information to optimize operation for the expected commands. On deviation from an expected sequence, the device would memorize the new command sequence and save it, thus operating in a self-adaptive manner. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110185098 | MEMORY CARD SUPPLEMENTED WITH WIRELESS COMMUNICATION MODULE, TERMINAL FOR USING SAME, MEMORY CARD INCLUDING WPAN COMMUNICATION MODULE, AND WPAN COMMUNICATION METHOD USING SAME - A memory card with a wireless communication module attached and its associated terminal for using the memory card are disclosed. A memory card that provides both of an external memory to an information communication terminal and a connectable memory card WPAN add-on to an information communication terminal lacking a built-in wireless communication module, and its associated information communication terminal are disclosed. According to the disclosure, the memory card with the extra wireless communication module adds the WPAN function to the information communication terminal lacking a built-in wireless communication module by inserting it into a card slot of the terminal, protecting the wireless communication module from external impacts and permitting the module to be left and secured inside the terminal at the card slot without a concern to lose such a module. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110191514 | SERVER SYSTEM - A server system includes a management board having a baseboard management controller provided thereon; a plurality of middle boards separately connected to the management board; a plurality of mainboards separately connected to the middle boards; and a hard disk (HD) module connected to the middle boards. Each of the middle boards has a plurality of mainboard connection ports and at least one HD signal connection port. The mainboards are separately connected to the mainboard connection ports, and the baseboard management controller manages the mainboards via the middle boards. The HD module has an HD backplane being connected to the HD signal connection ports, and the mainboards are connected to the HD module via respective correspondingly connected middle board. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110197005 | MOTHERBOARD EXPANSION DEVICE - A motherboard expansion device includes a motherboard having a expansion slot conforming a first standard, an expansion card conforming a second standard, a converter card positioned between the motherboard and the expansion card, and the converter card connects to the expansion slot and the expansion card, respectively; a converter chip is mounted on the converter card for converting signals between the expansion slot and the expansion card, and one or more motherboard components mounted on the motherboard. The expansion card is mounted vertically above the motherboard, and is supported by the converter card, and the converter card defines a cutout between the converter card and the motherboard to partially receive the motherboard component. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110197006 | DETACHABLE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION MODULE AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING THE SAME - A detachable wireless communication module and a method for activating the same are disclosed. The detachable communication module, to be connected to a corresponding host connector of an electronic device, includes a housing, a short-range radio frequency module embedded into the housing, and a module connector. When the wireless communication module is detachably connected to the electronic device, the housing becomes a portion of a casing of the electronic device. The module connector, disposed on the housing, is detachably connected to the host connector of the electronic device. The module connector is used for communication between the short-range radio frequency module and a host circuitry of the electronic device. When the wireless communication module is detachably connected to the electronic device, a contact of the module connector is used for module detection to indicate that the short-range radio frequency module is embedded in the wireless communication module. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110197007 | METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING A CARD READER WITH MULTIPLE CARD HOLDERS AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING BETWEEN A HOST AND THE CARD READER AND SYSTEM THEREOF - The present invention discloses a method, related to smart card reader field, for recognizing a card reader with multiple card holders. The method includes connecting, by the card reader with multiple card readers, to a host and loading, by the host, card reader device bus driver; obtaining, by the card reader device bus driver, the device information of the card reader with multiple card readers and creating physical device object according to the device information; installing and loading, by the host, smart card function driver for each physical device object and registering a standard smart card driver library for every smart card function driver; creating, by the smart card service of the host, a new smart card device record in the resource manager of the smart card service according to the smart card function driver loaded and the smart card driver library registered and recognizing the card reader with multiple card readers as a plurality of smart card devices. The invention further discloses a method for communicating between the host and the card reader with multiple card holders based on the recognizing method described above and a system thereof. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110197008 | CARD HOST LSI AND SET DEVICE INCLUDING THE LSI - A card host LSI includes M card host I/Fs for N-bit card modules, and M card bus terminals. A bridge circuit sets coupling relationship of signal lines so that a card host I/F corresponding to a card bus coupled to an (M×N)-bit card module and the other card host I/F(s) operate in conjunction with each other to control the card module, when an enable signal indicates the (M×N)-bit mode. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110238879 | SORTING MOVABLE MEMORY HIERARCHIES IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM - Method and apparatus for optimally placing memory devices within a computer system. A memory controller may include circuitry configured to retrieve or one or more performance metrics a plurality of memory devices connected thereto. Based on the performance metrics and one or more predefined rules for placing memory devices, the circuitry may determine an optimal placement of the memory devices in the system. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110238880 | INTERFACE CARD SYSTEM - There is provided an interface card system for SD bus control. The interface card system for SD bus control includes a CPU bus interface | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110246697 | SINGLE-HOST MULTI-WORKSTATION COMPUTER SYSTEM, ITS EQUIPMENT CONFIGURATION METHOD AND WORKSTATION CARD - The invention discloses a single-host multi-workstation computer system and its equipment configuration method. The system includes a host, in which installs at least one separate graphic card and at least one workstation card; the workstation card is integrated with graphic cards and input/output interfaces. The method includes the steps: (a) identify all workstation cards connected to the host; correlate each workstation card with an extended workstation; correlate all separate graphic cards with a primary workstation; (b) allocate human-machine interaction (HMI) devices connected to the same workstation card and graphic cards on the workstation card to the extended workstation corresponding to the workstation card; allocate other HMI devices to the primary workstation. The invention enables automatic “single-host multi-workstation” configuration of all the HMI devices; the configuration logic is simple and clear; the division of various workstations is intuitive; the user can perform hot plug and play to any USB device. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110258355 | MODULAR MASS STORAGE DEVICES AND METHODS OF USING - A modular mass storage device suitable for use with computers and other processing apparatuses. The mass storage device includes a controller board having a system interface connector, a memory controller, a cache device, and a second connector. The mass storage device further includes a daughter board having at least one non-volatile memory device for data storage, a read-only memory device containing firmware of the mass storage device, and a daughter board connector configured to mate with the second connector of the controller board and thereby form command, address and data paths between the memory controller and the memory device of the daughter board. The memory controller and the memory device are configured so that the memory controller reads the firmware of the read-only memory device when the daughter board connector is mated with the second connector of the controller board. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110258356 | HOST APPARATUS AND OPERATION SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An operation system module provided by the present invention comprises an interface slot unit, an interface card and a memory card. The interface slot is disposed on a circuit board. In addition, the interface card can be inserted into the interface slot unit. Wherein, the interface card has a memory card slot, so that the memory card can be inserted into the memory card slot. In particularly, an operation system is installed into the memory card, so as to control a host apparatus working. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110264838 | CARD READER - A card reader includes a printed circuit board (PCB). The PCB includes a universal serial bus (USB) interface to be connected to an electronic device, a card interface to be connected to a card, a control chip, and a normally-closed switch coupled in a wire connecting a positive differential pin of the USB interface to the control chip. A length of the wire connecting the positive differential pin of the USB interface to the control chip equals to a length of a wire connecting a negative differential pin of the USB interface to the control chip. The normally-closed switch is operable to be switched on or switched off, so as to control the connection between the card and the electronic device. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110289250 | CARD ADAPTER - A card adapter includes a printed circuit board (PCB). The PCB includes a first memory slot to receive a memory module to be corrected, a connecting portion with several golden fingers to insert into a second memory slot of a computer system, and first and second switches. The memory slot of the PCB includes several terminals corresponding to pins of a serial presence detect (SPD) chip of the memory module. The golden fingers correspond to pins of the second memory slot. The first switch is set between the terminal corresponding to the serial data signal pin of the memory module and the golden finger corresponding to the serial data signal pin of the second memory slot. The second switch is set between the terminal corresponding to the serial clock signal pin of the memory module and the golden finger corresponding to serial clock signal pin of the second memory slot. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110296072 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PCI-E SLOTS OF COMPUTER - A method for controlling peripheral component interconnect express (PCI-E) slots of a computer reads processor configuration information of a PCI-E slot unit from a CMOS chip when the computer boots up, and controls a GPIO interface to output a first control signal to a PCI-E multiplexer according to the processor configuration information, to control a PCI-E slot unit of the computer to connect to one of processors of the computer through the PCI-E multiplexer according to the first control signal. Then the method checks whether the processor connected to the PCI-E slot unit is running normally. In addition, the method controls the GPIO interface to output a second control signal to the PCI-E multiplexer if the processor connected to the PCI-E slot unit is not running normally, to control the PCI-E slot unit to connect to another processor through the PCI-E multiplexer according to the second control signal. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110302346 | REDUCING CABLING COMPLEXITY IN LARGE-SCALE NETWORKS - High speed switching networks can be created with a minimum of cabling complexity using pod switches that are connected to a core switch array. Each pod switch can include line cards arranged in parallel connecting on one side of a midplane circuit board that is orthogonal to the line cards and uplink cards also arranged in parallel connecting on an opposite side of the midplane circuit board. The uplink cards are orthogonal to both the midplane circuit board and to the line cards. Each line card provides links to computing nodes. The up-link cards connect to the core switch array. A simplified novel Ethernet extension protocol can be used in conjunction with the described hardware. Systems, methods, techniques, and articles of manufacture are also described. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110320667 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH NETWORK INTERFACE CARD - An electronic device includes a first motherboard and a network interface card (NIC). A cutout is defined in the first motherboard. The NIC is located in the cutout of the first motherboard and positioned substantially parallel to the motherboard. The NIC includes a network socket is capable of receiving a network cable, and a printed circuit board (PCB). The PCB includes a first edge, a second edge, and a third edge. The network socket is located in the first edge. The second edge is substantially perpendicular to the first edge. A side connector is located on the second edge. The second edge is capable of being vertically connected to a second motherboard. The third edge substantially parallels to the first edge. A back connector is located on the third edge, that is plugged into the first motherboard in parallel. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320668 | WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS DEVICE, SD CONTROL CHIP, AND METHOD FOR DATA COMMUNICATION - A wireless Internet access device, a secure digital (SD) control chip, and a data communication method are disclosed. The method includes the following steps: the wireless Internet access device receives an SD command from a terminal device, where the SD command is converted by the terminal device from a command and/or data sent by an upper layer; the wireless Internet access device determines an interface mode according to the SD interface support of the terminal device; the wireless Internet access device executes the SD command according to the interface mode. In embodiments of the present invention, the SD card is integrated with the wireless Internet access function, which reduces the size of the wireless Internet access device and enables the wireless Internet access device to select a proper mode to meet different service requirements of terminal devices according to the SD interface support of different terminal devices. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120017020 | Customization Of A Bus Adapter Card - The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to customization of a bus adapter card. In some implementations, an apparatus includes a processor and a program memory, a bus adapter card coupled with the computing apparatus and configured to connect with a storage device, the bus adapter card comprising a cache memory and a controller to cache in the cache memory data associated with the storage device, where the program memory includes a driver to communicate with the bus adapter card responsive to requests corresponding to the storage device, and the driver is configured to modify its communications with the bus adapter card responsive to information provided separate from the requests. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120042108 | USB Computer - A Universal Serial Bus (USB) computer has a small form factor similar to a USB flash drive. The USB computer is connected by USB to a host computer to utilize the host computer's resources. The USB computer receives a user input provided on the host computer's input device over the USB connection, executes a local user application in response to the user input, and provides a graphical output to the host computer's output device. The USB computer includes a client application that communicates with a host application installed on the host computer. The host application causes the host computer to provide control over the host computer's resources to the USB computer. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120047302 | STORAGE SYSTEM - A storage system is provided, including: a power module for supplying electric energy to the storage system; a control module having at least one expansion interface, for externally connecting at least one server to provide a storage unit for the server, or for externally connecting at least one storage device to expand the storage capacity of the storage device; an adapter plate for connecting the power module and the control module; and a plurality of hard drive array units, each of which includes a hard drive backplane coupled to the adapter plate, and a plurality of hard drives separately coupled to the hard drive backplane. In addition, the control module and the hard drive expansion card in the storage system both have a redundant mechanism, so that when one of the components fails, the storage system remains running normally. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120084479 | Modular Digital Presentation Switcher - A modular digital presentation switcher is a device that can convert different kinds of incoming multimedia signals into an outgoing signal in an analog and digital format. The device retrieves the incoming multimedia signals through input modules. Each of the input modules is capable of retrieving a unique signal such as composite video or S-video, VGA, and DVI-D. The device sends the outgoing signal through output modules, which are connected to the display device and the audio amplifier. A communication bus allows the input modules and the output modules to communicate with each other so that the device can cater and format the outgoing signal for the display device and the audio amplifier. An HDMI digital signal bus allows the input modules to send the outgoing signal in HDMI digital format to the output modules. A user interface module allows the user to access the functions of the device. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120117289 | Adaptable Storage Cartridge System - A data storage system and method comprises a storage device located inside a cartridge housing and an adapter module removable from the storage device. A first interface directly connects the storage device to the adapter module through an opening in the cartridge housing and a second interface different than the first interface connects the adapter module to a host device. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120137036 | BASIC INPUT OUTPUT SYSTEM REFRESH APPARATUS - A basic input output system (BIOS) refresh apparatus includes a jumper device, which includes a first pin, a second pin connected to a power source through a resistor, a third pin, and a grounded fourth pin. A master BIOS socket includes a voltage pin connected to the power source and a signal pin connected to the first pin of the jumper device. A slave BIOS socket includes a voltage pin connected to the power source and a signal pin connected to the third pin of the jumper device. Other pins of the master BIOS socket are correspondingly connected to other pins of the slave BIOS socket. The signal pin of the master BIOS socket or the slave BIOS socket receives high level signal to make a corresponding BIOS chip mounted thereon work when the first or third pin is connected to the second pin of the jumper device. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120137037 | Data Acquisition Card, Expansion Control System For Data Acquisition Card And Method Thereof - A data acquisition card, an extension control system of data acquisition cards and method thereof are disclosed. The method includes: presetting a card address for each data acquisition card, and presetting a channel address for each data channel in the data acquisition card; the data acquisition card generating a corresponding card address signal after receiving a card beat signal from a user circuit, and judging whether the data acquisition card is gated; and if the data acquisition card is gated, then generating a corresponding channel address signal after receiving a channel beat signal from the user circuit, and gating a data channel corresponding to the channel address signal. The data acquisition card, the extension control system of the data acquisition cards and method thereof have the strong extensibility and high stability. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120159029 | STORAGE SUBSYSTEM BACKPLANE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A storage subsystem backplane management system includes a storage controller and a service processor. A first backplane including a first management controller is coupled to the storage controller and the service processor. The first backplane is operable to couple a plurality of first drives to the first management controller. A second backplane including a second management controller is coupled to the first management controller. The second backplane is operable to couple a plurality of second drives to the second management controller. The first management controller communicates with the second management controller and creates a virtual management controller that presents to the storage controller and the service processor a virtual backplane including the plurality of first drives and the plurality of second drives when the plurality of first drives are coupled to the first management controller and the plurality of second drives are coupled to the second management controller. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120159030 | Storage Card Having Selectable Contact Elements and Method of Its Operation - The present invention relates to a storage card having selectable contact elements, a terminal capable of receiving said storage card, and method of its operation. The storage card with selectable contact elements, comprises an interface having a plurality of contact elements, a storage card controller, being connected to at least a subset of said contact elements, a storage memory device, being connected to said storage card controller, a switching unit, that is connected to said storage card controller and to at least one of said contact elements of said interface, wherein said storage card controller is connected to said switching unit to controllably select said at least one contact element. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120198115 | RAID-BASED STORAGE CONTROL BOARD - Embodiments of the invention relate to a (e.g., hybrid) redundant array of independent disks (RAID)-based storage control board. Specifically, the present invention relates to a storage control board having a RAID controller with a peripheral component interconnect express (PCI-e) interface. In one embodiment, the RAID controller is coupled to an input/output (I/O) hub and a set (at least one) of PCI-e slots, which themselves can receive cards such as a fibre channel (FC) add-on card, a serial attached small component system interface (SAS) add-on card, or a PCI-e bridge add-on card. The I/O hub can be coupled to a set (at least one) of processors, each of which can be coupled to a main memory module or the like. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120198116 | RAID-BASED STORAGE CONTROL BOARD HAVING FIBRE CHANNEL INTERFACE CONTROLLER - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a (e.g., hybrid) redundant array of independent disks (RAID)-based storage control board having a fibre channel interface controller. Specifically, the present invention relates to a storage control board having a RAID controller with a peripheral component interconnect express (PCI-e) interface and a fibre channel interface controller. In one embodiment, the RAID controller is coupled to an input/output (I/O) hub and a set (at least one) of PCI-e slots, which themselves can receive cards such as a fibre channel (FC) add-on card, a serial attached small component system interface (SAS) add-on card, or a PCI-e bridge add-on card. The I/O hub can be coupled to a set of processors, each of which can be coupled to a main memory module or the like. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120203948 | FLASHCARD READER AND CONVERTER FOR READING SERIAL AND PARALLEL FLASHCARDS - A flash memory card reader and a single converter chip for reading both serial and parallel flash cards. The read has connectors for both serial and parallel data transfer flash memory cards. The reader has a single chip converter. The converter supports both serial I/O and parallel I/O. The serial I/O transfers data in multiple modes. Both single-bit and multi-bit serial data transfers modes are supported. The reader may have multiple slots, one have a connector for serial and one having a connector for parallel flash memory cards. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120215956 | COMPUTING DEVICE WITH INDEPENDENT DUAL CPUS - A computing device includes a first motherboard and a second motherboard perpendicularly attached to the first motherboard. The first motherboard includes a first CPU module and a plurality of first peripheral component interconnect (PCI) sockets. The second motherboard includes a second CPU module and a plurality of second PCI sockets. The plurality of first PCI sockets is located perpendicularly to both motherboards. The plurality of second PCI sockets includes at least one PCI socket that is obliquely oriented relative to the first motherboard. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120221758 | ELECTRONIC DEVICES USING DIVIDED MULTI CONNECTOR ELEMENT DIFFERENTIAL BUS CONNECTOR - In one example an electronic device includes a housing that includes an A/C input or DC input, and at least one circuit substrate that includes electronic circuitry, such as graphics processing circuitry that receives power based on the A/C input or DC input. The electronic device also includes a divided multi- connector element differential bus connector that is coupled to the electronic circuitry. The divided multi-connector element differential bus connector includes a single housing that connects with the circuit substrate and the connector housing includes therein a divided electronic contact configuration comprised of a first group of electrical contacts divided from an adjacent second group of mirrored electrical contacts wherein each group of electrical connects includes a row of at least lower and upper contacts. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120233368 | AUTOMATED PROTOCOL SELECTION FOR HOST ADAPTER CARD - A networking system includes a host adapter card including a card connector having four transceiver pairs and a mechanical connector configuration, and a controller having control logic for detecting whether a single-channel connection or a four-channel connection is made to the card connector. The controller further includes control logic for communicating over a network using a default, four-channel-protocol in response to detecting the four-channel connection or using an alternative, single-channel-protocol in response to detecting the single-channel connection. The system further includes an alternative-network compatibility device including a first connector configured for releasably mating with the card connector and a second connector having a different mechanical connector configuration than the card connector. The alternative-network compatibility device includes a transceiver lane from the first connector end to the second connector end, which transceiver lane is placed in connection with one of the four transceiver pairs when mated with the card connector. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120246371 | TEST APPARATUS FOR PCI CARD - A test apparatus includes a circuit board and a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) expansion slot. A number of golden fingers are arranged at a first side of the circuit board. A second side of the circuit board is connected to a bottom of the PCI expansion slot. The golden fingers are electrically connected to the PCI expansion slot. A number of first test pads and second test pads are arranged on the circuit board between the first and second sides. The first and second test pads have different shapes, sizes, and/or colors. The first and second test pads are electrically connected to the PCI expansion slot correspondingly. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120246372 | PCI-E BUS ACHIEVED CONNECTOR EXPANSION MODULE - A PCI-E bus achieved connector expansion module includes a connection joint, a plurality of transmission wires, and at least one connector. Shape and size of the connection joint is corresponding to that of PCI-E bus slot, so the connection joint can insert into the PCI-E bus slot for electrically connecting with pins in the PCI-E bus which the expansion module connects with. One end of each transmission wires electrically connects to the connection joint separately, and the other end of each transmission wires connects to the connector separately. Therefore, the expansion module can be used to expand at least one connector for an electronic device via PCI-E interface thereon. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120246373 | PCI-E BUS BASED CONNECTOR EXPANSION MODULE - A PCI-E bus based USB connector expansion module includes a first circuit board, a plurality of transmission wires, and at least one USB connector. The first circuit board has a welding part and a protruding part extending from one end of the welding part, and sharp and size of the protruding part are corresponding to that of a PCI-E bus slot, and the protruding part is arranged a plurality of golden fingers thereon. When the expansion module connects with the PCI-E bus, the protruding part is placed in the PCI-E bus slot, and the golden fingers electrically connect with a plurality of pins in the PCI-E bus slot. The transmission wires weld to the welding part separately at one end, and electrically connect to the at least one USB connector on other end. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120260015 | PCI EXPRESS PORT BIFURCATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (“PCIe”) Port bifurcation systems and methods are provided. An illustrative PCIe port bifurcation card can include: a PCIe interface and a plurality of PCIe devices, each independently coupled to the interface via an unswitched connection. The card can further include a read only memory (ROM) coupled to the interface, the ROM can include bifurcation data. A clocking signal replicator can be coupled to the interface to: replicate a reference clock signal received via the interface and provide the replicated reference dock signal to each of the plurality of PCIe devices. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120265912 | OUT OF BAND LOCATION INFORMATION RETRIEVAL - A data processing system boots at least one service processor controlling at least one PCIe card in an I/O unit. The data processing system boots a second service processor located in a processor unit, wherein the processor unit and I/O unit are interconnected using functional path conductors, wherein functional path conductors are according to PCIe standard. The data processing system reads location information from the first at least one service processor, wherein the location information is reported for each PCIe card prior to initializing a functional path to the PCIe card. The data processing system sends location information from the second at least one service processor to a system controller. The data processing system initializes the PCIe card and a hub card of the processor unit in order to initialize a functional path and configures the I/O unit by communicating configuration commands over the functional path. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120271978 | Resource Sharing Expansion Card - An expansion card is provided that allows resources allocated to the expansion card to be shared with a different card. The expansion card comprises a coupling device that couples the expansion card to a data processing system. The expansion card also includes an identifier data structure that when queried by the data processing system, identifies the expansion card as a resource sharing expansion card. The data processing system reallocates one or more resources allocated to the expansion card to a different card coupled to the data processing system. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120290757 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS 3.0 MODULE - The invention provides an electronic apparatus. In one embodiment, the electronic apparatus comprises a motherboard, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) 3.0 module, and a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) interface. The motherboard comprises a host chip and a power supply module. The USB 3.0 module comprises a USB 3.0 controller chip and a USB 3.0 connector, wherein a USB 3.0 connector is located on a front panel of the electronic apparatus. The PCIe interface couples the USB 3.0 module with the motherboard, transmits a set of PCIe signals between the host chip and the USB 3.0 controller chip, and sends a power generated by the power supply module to the USB 3.0 controller chip and the USB 3.0 connector. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120290758 | EXPANSION CARD CONTROLLER FOR EXTERNAL DISPLAY - An expansion card and method for controlling a radio system integrates PCDD operations into a PCMCIA or ExpressCard which can be inserted into an external display, smart screen PCMCIA slot, or laptop ExpressCard or PCMCIA slot to allow an operator to control the radio system with a computer without any modification of the computer. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120290759 | Virtual Placeholder Configuration for Distributed Input/Output Modules - A modular distributed I/O system for an industrial automation network that allows one or more modules of an island to be omitted without requiring reconfiguration of the system by maintaining a consistent I/O image representation of the distributed I/O network for various physical distributed I/O configurations, and managing reconfiguration changes using Virtual Placeholder objects. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120311215 | PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT EXPRESS EXPANSION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) expansion system used to set a motherboard PCIe slot arranged on a motherboard to work in a transmission mode with different transmission lanes includes a basic input/output system (BIOS) set on the motherboard and an expansion card. The expansion card includes a circuit board, three expansion PCIe slots arranged on the circuit board, a converting chip used to detect whether there is a device plugged into any one of the expansion PCIe slots, and an edge connector set on a side of the circuit board to be engaged in the motherboard PCIe slot. The BIOS chip used to set the transmission mode of the motherboard PCIe slot according to a detection result obtained by the converting chip. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120317325 | METHOD AND WIRELESS ACCESS TERMINAL FOR USING WIRELESS DATA CARD INDIVIDUALLY TO ACCESS NETWORK - A method and wireless access terminal are provided for using a wireless data card individually to access a network. The wireless access terminal includes a data line switching module and a power line switching module; the method includes: when the wireless access terminal detects that the wireless data card is connected with a terminal through a universal serial bus (USB) cable, the power line and the data line of the wireless data card are respectively switched to connect the data line and the power line of the external USB interface thereon. By adopting the present invention, the user can still freely connect the 3G network at anytime and anywhere by connecting a common USB cable between the laptop and the wireless data card in the wireless access terminal in the case without the mains supply. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120324134 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a monitor/control unit of an electronic circuit board monitors the receiving state of a transmitting/receiving circuit unit and controls a parameter setting unit, causing the same to change the reception parameter of the transmitting/receiving circuit unit, and if the receiving state remains not changed to a specified state, the monitor/control unit informs a host control device of this fact. The host control device instructs the switching process board to designate a channel, thereby to change, the specified state, the receiving sate of the electronic circuit board associated with the channel informed of that fact. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120331199 | COMPUTER SYSTEM, HOST-BUS-ADAPTOR CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A computer system includes: a first HBA that constitutes an operational path and on which a first PCI/PCIe-bus expansion card having a PCI PM function, which is a power saving function, is mounted; and a second HBA that constitutes a standby path and on which a second PCI/PCIe-bus expansion card having the PCI PM function is mounted; and a control section that controls the first HBA and the second HBA. The control section first uses the operational path by setting the first PCI/PCIe-bus expansion card to an active state. When a failure occurs in the operational path, the control section performs control such that communication recovery processing for the operational path is applied to the first HBA and further the second PCI/PCIe-bus expansion card of the second HBA is changed from a power saving state to which the second PCI/PCIe-bus expansion card has been first set, to an active state. When the communication recovery processing ends unsuccessfully, the control section performs communication with the I/O device by using the second PCI/PCIe-bus expansion card of the second HBA. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130007328 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH EXPANSION CARD - An electronic device includes an enclosure and a motherboard arranged at a middle portion in the enclosure. A first conversion card and a second conversion card are electrically connected to the motherboard. A first expansion card is electrically connected to the first conversion card and above the motherboard. A second expansion card is electrically connected to the second conversion card and below the motherboard. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130013836 | HOST FOR USE WITH DUAL INTERFACE CARD WITH BACKWARD AND FORWARD COMPATIBILITY - A host device includes a slot configured to receive a first type of memory card having an indentation and a mechanical structure. The mechanical structure includes a pivot structure and a lever arm. The lever arm is configured to pivot on the pivot structure and a portion of the lever arm is configured to at least partially fit into the indentation to distinguish the first type of memory card from a second type of memory card. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130024591 | LANE JUMPER - A lane jumper for transmitting at least one lane from a first interface to a second interface is disclosed. The at least one lane is connected with the first interface. The first interface defines a first pin group and a second pin group, and the second interface defines a third pin group connected with the second pin group. The lane jumper includes a fourth pin group and a fifth pin group, wherein the fourth pin group and the fifth pin group of the lane jumper are configured for being respectively connected with the first pin group and the second pin group. The at least one lane is transmitted from the first interface to the second interface sequentially through the first pin group, the fourth pin group, the fifth pin group, the second pin group, and the third pin group. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130031288 | PCI-E SYSTEM HAVING RECONFIGURABLE LINK ARCHITECTURE - A peripheral component interconnect express (PCI-E) system has a reconfigurable link architecture. The system comprises a system slot adapted to receive a PCI-E compatible system controller, a plurality of peripheral slots adapted to receive a plurality of peripheral modules, and a reconfigurable switch fabric configured to create a variable number of PCI-E links between the system slot and the plurality of peripheral slots. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130042040 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A connector assembly includes first to fifth connectors, two PCIe slots, and an adapter board. When the first connector is connected to the fifth connector, and the third connector is connected to the fourth connector, signals at the pins of the third connector are transmitted to the second group of pins of the first PCIe slot through the fourth connector, the fifth connector, and the first connector in series. When the second connector is connected to the fifth connector, and the third connector is connected to the fourth connector, signals at pins of the third connector are transmitted to the fourth group of pins of the second PCIe slot through the fourth connector, the fifth connector, and the second connector in series. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130042041 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A connector assembly includes first and second connectors, a flexible printed circuit board, first and second peripheral component interconnection express (PCIe) slots, and a jumper card. When the jumper card is plugged into the first PCIe slot, pins of the jumper card are connected to pins of the first PCIe slot for transmitting signals to the pins of the first PCIe slot and to the pins of the first connector in that order. When the first connector is connected to the second connector, signals at the pins of the first PCIe slot are transmitted to pins of the second PCIe slot. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130054862 | STORAGE DEVICE HAVING COMMUNICATION FUNCTION AND EXPANDABLE MEMORY CAPACITY - The present invention relates to a storage device having communication function and expandable memory capacity, which comprises: a top housing having a first open slot at one side; a bottom housing engaged with the top housing for forming an accommodating space; a printed circuit board; a terminal seat; a memory array; a memory controller; a processer; and a wireless communication module. When the storage device is inserted in a portable electronic device, data in the memory array can be transmitted to a remote mainframe through the wireless communication module. Moreover, the storage device has a slot allowing a removable memory card to be inserted for expanding the memory capacity of the storage device. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130073768 | EXPANSION CARD AND MOTHERBOARD FOR SUPPORTING THE EXPANSION CARD - A motherboard assembly includes a motherboard and an expansion card. The motherboard includes an expansion slot, a hard disk drive (HDD) controller, a power connector, and a central processing unit (CPU). The expansion slot includes a protrusion, idle pins connected to the HDD controller, power pins connected to the power connector, signal pins connected to the CPU. The expansion card includes a circuit board. A storage unit, a display unit, and a power circuit connected to the storage unit and the display unit are all arranged on the circuit board. A notch is defined in a bottom side of the circuit board, to receive the protrusion. An edge connector is arranged on a bottom side of the circuit board and includes control signal pins connected to the storage unit, power pins connected to the power circuit, and bus signal pins connected to the display unit. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130080675 | Dual PCI-X/PCI-E Card - A dual bus interface PCB includes a main chipset component, a first type bus interface connector, and a second type bus interface connector. The PCB can be configured at fabrication time to enable a variety of configurations for operation. Optionally, the PCB can also be provided at least one memory chip and a NIC (Network Interface Card) chip. By virtue of having a dual interface, the PCB can be used with either the first type or the second type bus. Furthermore, the dual interface PCB eliminates the need by chipset manufacturers to carry multiple PCB variations of the same product in order to support various bus interfaces. In one embodiment, the PCB is a dual PCI-X/PCI-E interface PCB. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130111095 | MULTI-CHASSIS FABRIC-BACKPLANE ENTERPRISE SERVERS | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130151745 | SERIAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ATTACHMENT DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE ASSEMBLY - A serial advanced technology attachment dual-in-line memory module (SATA DIMM) assembly includes a SATA DIMM module with a first circuit board, an expansion slot, and an expansion card with a second circuit board. A first edge connector is arranged on a bottom edge of the first circuit board and includes first power pins connected to a control chip and first storage chips, and first ground pins. A second edge connector connected to the expansion slot is arranged on a top edge of the first circuit board and includes second power pins connected to the first power pins, second ground pins, and four first signal pins connected to the control chip. A third edge connector engaged in the expansion slot is arranged on a bottom edge of the second circuit board and includes third power pins and four second signal pins connected to the second storage chips, and third ground pins. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130166806 | PCI RISER CARD - A PCI riser card includes a printed circuit board and an array of PCI connectors located on the printed circuit board. A plug portion extends from an edge of the printed circuit board and may be inserted into a PCI connector of a system board. The array of PCI connectors includes a first PCI connector and a second PCI connector. The first PCI connector is parallel to the second PCI connector is arranged in inverse relative to the second PCI connector. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130173833 | SWITCH APPARATUS SWITCHING BETWEEN BASIC INPUT OUTPUT SYSTEM CHIP AND DIAGNOSTIC CARD - A switch apparatus which can switch between two different booting chips includes a first connector, a platform controller hub (PCH) chip, a first basic input output system (BIOS) chip, a switch circuit, and a diagnostic card. The diagnostic card includes a second connector operable to be plugged into the first connector, and a second BIOS chip. When the switch circuit receives a high level control signal from the second BIOS chip, the switch circuit outputs a high level switch signal to first and second trapping pins of the PCH chip, to select the second BIOS chip to bootstrap the motherboard. When the switch circuit does not receive a high level control signal, the switch circuit outputs a low level signal to the first and second trapping pins of the PCH chip, to select the first BIOS chip to bootstrap the motherboard. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130191574 | AUDIO PLAYER - The audio player | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130198430 | Computer System Including CPU or Peripheral Bridge to Communicate Serial Bits of Peripheral Component Interconnect Bus Transaction and Low Voltage Differential Signal Channel to Convey the Serial Bits - A computer system for multi-processing purposes. The computer system has a console comprising a first coupling site and a second coupling site. Each coupling site comprises a connector. The console is an enclosure that is capable of housing each coupling site. The system also has a plurality of computer modules, where each of the computer modules is coupled to a connector. Each of the computer modules has a processing unit, a main memory coupled to the processing unit, a graphics controller coupled to the processing unit, and a mass storage device coupled to the processing unit. Each of the computer modules is substantially similar in design to each other to provide independent processing of each of the computer modules in the computer system. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130219097 | MODULE ON BOARD FORM FACTOR FOR EXPANSION BOARDS - A new form factor for circuit boards can be employed for directly connecting an expansion board to a motherboard without the need for PCIe hardware such as sockets, retainers, screw and nut assemblies, and connectors. The module on board form factor for an expansion board comprises a first side of the expansion board and a second side of the expansion board located physically opposite to the first side of the expansion board. The first side of the expansion board comprises one or more components configured to provide functionality associated with the expansion board. The second side of the expansion board comprises a plurality of connection leads, such as solder connections, that directly couple the expansion board to the motherboard. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130238827 | Motherboard having an attached expansion card with both PCI slot and PCIe slot - A computer motherboard is provided with a plurality of expansion slots; an expansion card including a PCB, a PCI slot disposed on the PCB, two connectors disposed on an edge of the PCB, each connector including a plurality of contacts, and a PCIe slot disposed on the PCB wherein both the PCI slot and the PCIe slot are electrically connected to the contacts; a PCI card fitted into the PCI slot; and a PCIe card fitted into the PCIe slot. The computer mother can be made compact. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130238828 | Expansion card with both PCI slot and PCIe slot - An expansion card is provided with a PCB; a PCI slot disposed on the PCB, two connectors disposed on an edge of the PCB, each connector including a plurality of contacts; and a PCIe slot disposed on the PCB. Both the PCI slot and the PCIe slot are electrically connected to the contacts. The expansion card can be connected to a compact computer motherboard. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130254445 | MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR COMPONENT AND CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY THEREFORE - The invention relates to apparatus for the location and connection of at least one electrical or electronic component such as a data storage component externally of a housing within which other components are provided and with which the said components operates in connection therewith. The connection is achieved via a connector assembly which has a first part located externally of the housing and a second part located internally of the housing. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130268707 | MICRO SD CARD ADAPTER DEVICE - A card adapter device includes a card slot for receiving a micro SD card therein; a SD interface for coupling electrically to a portable electronic device; a processing chip including a dynamic switch coupled electrically to the card slot and the SD interface, and a processor unit coupled electrically to the dynamic switch; and a wireless transmission/reception interface coupled electrically to the dynamic switch. Upon receiving a first signal from the wireless transmission/reception interface, the dynamic switch detects an operation mode of the SD interface and upon detecting that the SD interface is in an idle mode, the processor unit converts the dynamic switch to be coupled electrically to the wireless transmission/reception interface, thereby enabling the dynamic switch to transfer the first signal to the card slot, which, in turn, enables the wireless transmission/reception interface to access into the SD card. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130268708 | MOTHERBOARD TEST DEVICE AND CONNECTION MODULE THEREOF - A motherboard test device includes a motherboard and a connection module. The motherboard includes a basic input output system (BIOS) chip, a complex programmable logic device (CPLD) chip, and a motherboard connector. The connection module includes a test connector connected to the motherboard connector, a first port connected to random access memory (RAM) of the BIOS chip, and a second port connected to the CPLD chip. A RAM simulator updates or tests BIOS programs stored in the RAM by connecting to the first port. A personal computer (PC) can electronically communicate with the CPLD chip by connecting a parallel interface of the PC to the second port. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130275641 | MOBILE DEVICE, TRANSACTION SYSTEM INCLUDING THE MOBILE DEVICE, AND METHOD OF SIGNAL TRANSMISSION IN A MOBILE DEVICE - A mobile device includes a baseband module, an electronic card slot and a control module. A control unit of the control module is configured to control a switching unit to operate in a first transmission mode, such that the baseband module is able to communicate with an electronic card that is connected to the electronic card slot, based on a baseband signal received from the baseband module. The control unit is further configured to control the switching unit to operate in a second transmission mode, such that the control unit that executes an executable program is able to communicate with the electronic card that is connected to the electronic card slot. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130332640 | TIGHTLY COUPLED MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEM - The tightly coupled multiprocessor system includes a plurality of main processors. The main processors are connected via an inter-processor interface. Each of the main processors includes at least one pair of an expansion slot for installing a coprocessor and an expansion slot for installing an external interface card. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140019659 | DETACHABLE FABRIC CARD - The invention relates to a detachable switch fabric card. In one embodiment this is accomplished by a fabric element including at least one chip to to perform the switching between a plurality of fabric access card and two or more backplane connectors to match the backplane connectors. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140032805 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH CARD INTERFACE - When initializing a card-shaped device inserted in a card interface, operation mode acquiring means incorporated in an electronic device acquires operation mode information, stored in a register file incorporated in the card-shaped device, by a predetermined procedure using a predetermined pin. Operation mode setting means incorporated in the electronic device executes signal assignment on a plurality of data pins peculiar to an operation mode indicated by the acquired operation mode information, thereby switching a data transfer width, and allowing the card-shaped device to operate in the operation mode. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140040521 | MEMORY CARD AND CONNECTION SLOT INSERTEDLY PROVIDED THEREOF - A memory card and a connection slot insertedly provided thereof are proposed. The memory card comprises a plurality of pin holes and the connection slot comprises a plurality of pin headers. The memory card may be inserted into the pin headers of the connection slot by means of the pin holes so as to transmit a specific transfer protocol specification between the memory card and the connection slot. When the pin holes of the memory card is inserted into the pin headers of the connection slot, the contact area between each of pin holes and each of corresponding pin headers can be wider so that the connection between them can be tight and stable, which results in high reliability in the contact between the memory card and the connection slot and thus improves the security in data transmission. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140082245 | METHOD AND SERVER FOR MANAGING REDUNDANT ARRAYS OF INDEPENDENT DISKS CARDS - In a method for managing redundant arrays of independent disks (RAID) cards and a server for executing the method, the server calculates a theoretical percentage of a load of each RAID card according to a number of the RAID cards, and loads an actual percentage of the load of each RAID card through a multi input output (MIO) interface, and detects peripheral component interconnect-express (PCI-E) bandwidth of each RAID card. When the load of each RAID card is unbalanced or the PCI-E bandwidth of the RAID card is saturated, the server transfers the load from a RAID card having a greater actual percentage of the load into a RAID card having a less actual percentage of the load, and transfers the load from a RAID card whose PCI-E bandwidth is saturated into a RAID card whose PCI-E bandwidth is unsaturated according to differential signals through the MIO interface. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140082246 | Data Terminal With a Connection Structure of USB Interface - The present invention provides a data terminal with a connection structure of a universal serial bus (USB) interface. The structure includes: a USB interface, a guide rail element, an elastic element, and a limit element; a protrusion is disposed on at least one side of the USB interface; the guide rail element includes two vertical faces disposed opposite each other; the USB interface is located in an accommodating space formed by the two vertical faces; a guide rail is disposed on each vertical face in a hollow manner; the protrusion on the USB interface extends out of the accommodating space from the guide rail; and in the two vertical faces, a connection terminal is disposed on an outer side of at least a first vertical face. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140082247 | Method for the Data Exchange Between a Terminal and a Chip Card - A method includes exchanging data between a chip card and a terminal in a contact-based manner via a contact field. The method comprises the steps of: activating a first contact assignment in response to a first communication protocol present on the contact field and occupying a first part of contact surfaces of the contact field; recognizing a change of the communication protocol from a first communication protocol to a second communication protocol with a protocol recognition unit in the chip card; and activating a second contact assignment in response to the recognized second communication protocol occupying a second part of contact surfaces of the contact field. The first and the second part of contact surfaces of the contact field are selected from an ISO-7816-2 contact field having a maximum of six contact surfaces and the second communication protocol requires at least two data lines. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140129753 | INTEGRATED STORAGE/PROCESSING DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING BIG DATA ANALYTICS - Architectures and methods for performing big data analytics by providing an integrated storage/processing system containing non-volatile memory devices that form a large, non-volatile memory array and a graphics processing unit (GPU) configured for general purpose (GPGPU) computing. The non-volatile memory array is directly functionally coupled (local) with the GPU and optionally mounted on the same board (on-board) as the GPU. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140129754 | Customization Of A Bus Adapter Card - The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to customization of a bus adapter card. in some implementations, an apparatus includes a processor and a program memory, a bus adapter card coupled with the computing apparatus and configured to connect with a storage device, the bus adapter card computing a cache memory and a controller to cache in the cache memory data associated with the storage device, where the program memory includes a driver to communicate with the bus adapter card responsive to requests corresponding to the storage device, and the driver is configured to modify its communications with the bus adapter card responsive to information provided separate from the requests. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140156897 | METHOD OF CONNECTING A PCIe BUS EXTENSION SYSTEM - A PCIe bus extension system, method, interface card and cable for connecting a PCIe-compliant peripheral device to a PCIe bus of a computer system. The interface card includes a printed circuit board, an edge connector adapted for insertion into a PCIe expansion slot on a motherboard of the computer system for transmitting PCIe signals between the motherboard and the interface card, an interface port configured to mate with a connector of the cable, and a logic integrated circuit on the printed circuit board, the logic integrated circuit functionally connecting the edge connector with the expansion slot and amplifying and propagating clock and data PCIe signals therebetween that are compliant with a PCIe standard. The interface card and cable lacks the capability of transmitting power therethrough to a PCIe-compliant peripheral device connected to the interface card through the interface port. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140164663 | PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT ADAPTER AND COMPUTER USING SAME - A peripheral component interconnect (PCI) adapter includes a PCI connector for connecting to a PCI slot of a motherboard, a first PCI expansion slots for connecting a first PCI card, a second PCI expansion slot for connecting a second PCI card, a detection control circuit connected to the first PCI expansion slot and the second PCI expansion slot, and an alarm circuit connected to the detection control circuit. The detection control circuit detects operation power of the first PCI card and the second PCI card, and controls the alarm circuit to report a fault alarm when the operation power of the first PCI card exceeds a threshold power of the first PCI expansion slot or the operation power of the second PCI card exceeds a threshold power of the second PCI expansion slot. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140173154 | NETWORK INTERFACE WITH LOGGING - Structures and methods for improving logging in network structures are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an apparatus can include: (i) a network interface card (NIC) configured to receive data, to transmit data, and to send data for logging; (ii) a memory log coupled to the NIC, where the memory log comprises non-volatile memory (NVM) configured to write the data sent for logging from the NIC; and (iii) where the data being sent for logging by the memory log occurs substantially simultaneously with the data being received by the NIC, and the data being transmitted from the NIC. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140181346 | ASSEMBLY AND MANUFACTURE METHOD OF PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD WITH SOLID MEMORY MODULE - An assembly includes a printed circuit board and a solid memory module. The printed circuit board defines a slot in a side surface of the printed circuit board, the slot has a bottom surface, and the printed circuit board defines a groove in the bottom surface and includes a number of contacts attached on an inner surface of the groove. The solid memory module includes a body identical to the slot in shape and size, a connection board corresponding to the groove and extending from a side of the body corresponding to the bottom surface, and a number of terminals of corresponding to the contacts and attached on an outer surface of the connection board. The body is inserted into the slot while the connection board is inserted into the groove and the contacts connect the terminals. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140201413 | Method and Apparatus for Backplane Support of 100/1000 Ethernet - A method and apparatus for backplane support of 100/1000 Ethernet. A communication card for use in a chassis system is provided that includes a 100BASE-TX physical layer device component, a 1000BASE-KX physical layer device component, and a backplane connector, which is configured for enabling communication by the communication card over a backplane of the chassis system. The communication card also includes a selection module (e.g., a multiplexer) that is configured to selectively couple one of the 100BASE-TX physical layer device component and the 1000BASE-KX physical layer device component to the backplane connector, wherein the selective coupling enables a selected one of the 100BASE-TX physical layer device component and the 1000BASE-KX physical layer device component to communicate with a second communication card via the backplane of the chassis system. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140207990 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, first monitor controller of electronic circuit board recognizes free slot into which the electronic circuit board has been hot-inserted, notifies host control device of start together with slot information causes first parameter setting module to change reception parameter of first T/R circuit module. The host control device instructs switch processing board to change transmission parameter, in response to slot information and start notification. Second monitor controller of the switch processing board causes second parameter setting module to change transmission parameter of second T/R circuit module, in accordance with an instruction from the host control device. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140223063 | USB SSIC REMOVABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND THE ADAPTOR THEREOF - A USB SSIC removable electronic device includes a first receiving terminal pair, a first transmitting terminal pair, a MIPI/SSIC-PHY/Link layer, a function module, at least one power terminal and a ground terminal. The first receiving terminal pair receives data compatible with a USB SSIC interface. The first transmitting terminal pair transmits data compatible with the USB SSIC interface. The MIPI/SSIC-PHY/Link layer receives data compatible with the USB SSIC interface from the first receiving terminal pair, and transmits data compatible with the USB SSIC interface to the first transmitting terminal pair. The function module transmits data with the MIPI/SSIC-PHY/Link layer by the transmission protocol of the USB SSIC interface. The power terminal provides at least one source voltage for the MIPI/SSIC-PHY/Link layer and the function module. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140223064 | CONNECTING EXPANSION SLOTS - Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to selectively connecting an interconnect bus to an expansion slot. A first chip is connected to a first interconnect bus. A second chip is connected to a second interconnect bus. A switch selectively connects the first interconnect bus to one of a plurality of expansion slots. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140281094 | EXTERNAL ACCESS OF INTERNAL SAS TOPOLOGY IN STORAGE SERVER - The SAS expander PCBA is partitioned to allow SAS lanes to be externalized, allowing for a x4 wide port external access into each of the two primary SAS expander modules and each of the two secondary SAS expander modules. This configuration allows for a single host x8 external HBA connection to tunnel into the storage array by connecting into either the primary or secondary x4 wide ports. A second host may connect to the alternate connection if desired. This configuration may also lend itself to allow up to four hosts to access the internal SAS topology of the Enclosure. This configuration may also lend itself to connecting the primary and secondary SAS expander modules together in applications that require an SAS expander to see more storage device arrays than would normally be confined to a typical SAS expander module. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140281095 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING THUNDERBOLT CHIP ON MOTHERBOARD - In a method for integrating a thunderbolt (TBT) chip on a motherboard of a computing device, the motherboard includes a PCIe slot, and a platform controller hub (PCH) chip. The computing device includes a PCIe card plugged into the PCIe slot. The PCIe card includes a micro controller unit (MCU), and an EEPROM. The TBT chip, the MCU, and the EEPROM are integrated into the PCIe card. The PCH chip communicates with the TBT chip and the MCU through a system management bus of the motherboard. The method defines a TBT protocol parameter list used in the TBT chip, and sets GPIO parameters to support the TBT chip to perform various TBT protocol functions according to the TBT protocol parameter list. The TBT chip executes a TBT protocol function according to a GPIO signal output from the MCU. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140304445 | MEMORY BUS LOADING AND CONDITIONING MODULE - A bus load module plugs into otherwise empty memory sockets on a memory bus. The bus load module conditions signals on the memory bus to improve signal quality and timing of the modules on the bus populated with memory, thereby improving system performance. The bus load module options include EEPROMs to interface to the system host to report load module configuration and capabilities. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140310440 | MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR EXPANSION CARDS - A mounting apparatus includes a case and a securing member. The case includes a bottom plate and a rear plate connected to the bottom plate. A mounting tray is attached to the rear plate and defines a receiving slot. The securing member, includes an inserting portion and a securing portion. The inserting portion is engaged in the receiving slot, and the securing portion is secured to an expansion card. The securing member is moveable in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the bottom plate, to disengage the inserting portion from the receiving slot. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140310441 | Data Storage Architecture Extension System and Method - A data storage architecture extension (DAX) system and method that daisy-chains multiple SATA disk drive storage elements to allow a single host bus adapter (HBA) to view the daisy-chain as one logical SATA disk drive is disclosed. The system/method may be broadly described as comprising a pass-thru disk drive controller (PTDDC) further comprising a pass-thru input (PTI) port, disk drive interface (DDI) port, and pass-thru output (PTO) port. The PTDDC intercepts and translates PTI port input to the requirements of a SATA disk drive connected to the DDI. Each PTDDC may be daisy-chained to other PTDDCs to permit a plethora of SATA drives to be associated with a given HBA, with the first PTDDC providing a presentation interface to the HBA integrating all SATA disk drive storage connected to the PTDDCs. Rack mounting of PTDDC-enabled SATA disk drives enables creation of inexpensive dynamically expandable petabyte-class storage arrays. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140337555 | FLASH DRIVE - A flash drive includes a storage module, a switching module, and a transforming mechanism. The storage module has a storage unit and a first interface electrically connected to each other. The switching module has a second interface and a third interface which are in different types but are electrically connected to each other, and the first interface corresponds to the second interface. The transforming mechanism is located at a first position or a second position relative to the storage module, and the switching module is located in the transforming mechanism. When the transforming mechanism is located at the first position, the first interface is electrically connected to the second interface, so that the storage unit is electrically connected to a host through the third interface. When the transforming mechanism is located at the second position, the first interface of the storage unit is electrically connected to the host. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140351474 | PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICES WITH ACCESSORY FUNCTIONS AND RELATED METHODS - Portable communication devices and related methods for use in supporting voice and/or data communication are provided. One example portable communication device includes a housing, a display device disposed at said housing, a processor disposed at least partially within said housing, the processor coupled to said display device, and an interface connector disposed at said housing and coupled to said processor. The interface connector is configured to couple to a module. The processor is configured to communicate, through said interface connector, via a plurality of communication protocols. The processor is configured to select at least one of the plurality of communication protocols based on the module coupled to the interface connector. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140365699 | ADAPTER CARD FOR THIN COMPUTING DEVICES - A device comprising an adapter card and a motherboard interface for coupling the adapter card to a motherboard. In some embodiments, the motherboard interface may be configured to transmit data between the adapter card and the motherboard. In some embodiments, the motherboard interface may be configured to supply power from the motherboard to the adapter card. In some embodiments, the device further comprises an external interface for coupling the adapter card to an external environment of a system associated with the motherboard. In some embodiments, the external interface is a non-peripheral connect interface slot and is configured to transmit data between the external environment of the system and the adapter card. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140365700 | EXPANSION BOARD FOR MEMORY CARDS - An expansion board that can be inserted into a first memory slot is provided. The expansion board includes a circuit board, a number of second memory slots, a frequency divider, and an edge connector. The second memory slots and the frequency divider are arranged on the circuit board. The edge connector is set on a side of the circuit board to engage in the first memory slot. The second memory slots and the frequency divider are coupled to the edge connector, to communicate with the first memory slot via the edge connector. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140372652 | SIMULATION CARD AND I2C BUS TESTING SYSTEM WITH SIMULATION CARD - A simulation card is configured to insert into an insertion slot, and the insertion slot is connected to a main chip via an Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C) bus. The simulation card includes a slave chip, a connecting unit, an address setting unit. The connecting unit is connected to the slave chip and the insertion slot. The address setting unit is coupled to the slave chip and configured to match an address of the slave chip with an address of the insertion slot. The slave chip is configured to be in communication with the main chip, to get signal transmission data of the I2C. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20150012680 | EXPANSION CARD ASSEMBLY - An expansion card assembly includes a first expansion card with a first circuit board, a first expansion slot, and a second expansion card with a second circuit board. A first edge connector is arranged on a bottom edge of the first circuit board and is inserted into a second expansion slot of a motherboard. A second edge connector is arranged on a top edge of the first circuit board and is inserted into the first expansion slot. A third edge connector is arranged on a bottom edge of the second circuit board and is electrically connected to pins of the first expansion slot opposite to the first expansion card. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150019784 | STORAGE DEVICE AND MOTHERBOARD ABLE TO SUPPORT THE STORAGE DEVICE - A motherboard assembly able to use a PCI slot either to expand system function or for the installation of additional memory includes a motherboard and a storage device. The motherboard includes a PCI expansion slot, a platform controller hub (PCH), and a power circuit. The PCI expansion slot includes a protrusion, four idle pins and first signal pins connected to the PCH, and first power pins connected to the power circuit. A control chip, a number of storage chips connected to the control chip, and a power unit are arranged on the storage device. A non-central notch is included in an edge connector arranged on a bottom edge of the storage device and the edge connector allows for power pins connected to the power unit and signal pins connected to the control chip. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150026377 | HIGH-SECURITY CARD SLOT MODULE - A high-security card slot module which is installed on a motherboard and comprises a CFEX slot and a CFEX card: the CFEX card is provided with a networking chip in which network enabling parameters are saved. As such, a user is able to successfully access a network with the CFEX card inserted in the motherboard for upgraded security protection; | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150039797 | REMOVABLE EXPANSION INTERFACE DEVICE - A removable expansion interface device comprising: a motherboard; a system slot which is installed on and electrically connected to the motherboard and develops an accommodation space; a carrier which is a printed circuit board held in the accommodation space and electrically connected to the system slot; an expansion slot installed on and electrically connected to the carrier and develops a plug-in space. As such, the present invention relies on removable design to match an interface device to be used and realize lowered costs and spatial and economic efficiency. Furthermore, the present invention is based on a motherboard without extra cost and has significant advantages such as applications of new storage devices, expansion of other functions, time and cost efficiency, lowered complexity, and industrial applicability. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150039798 | CONVERSION OF AN OBJECT FOR A HARDWARE DEVICE INTO HEALTH CONTROL INFORMATION - Examples disclosed herein relate to conversion of an object for a hardware device into health control information. Examples include acquiring, from an object-oriented database, an object for a hardware device including an operational parameter value determined by the hardware device. Examples further include converting the object into health control information useable by a health controller. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150039799 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SETTING WORKING MODE OF MULTI-PROCESSOR SYSTEM - A method for setting a working mode of a multi-processor system includes: detecting, after a current board is inserted into a slot of the backplane, whether an associated board exists on the backplane; detecting, if the associated board exists, whether the associated board is in an independent working state; powering on the current board according to a slave working mode if the associated board is not in an independent working state, so as to work coordinately with the associated board; detecting, within a predetermined detection time if the associated board does not exist, whether a board is inserted into another slot of the backplane except the slot of the master board; and powering on the current board according to a master working mode if it is detected that the board is inserted, so as to work coordinately with the board in the other slot. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150046621 | EXPANSION CARD - An expansion card includes a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) slot, a PCI expansion controller, a PCIe/serial advanced technology attachment (PCIe/SATA) converter, a hard disk drive (HDD) controller, and a storage chip. An edge connector is arranged on a bottom side of the expansion card and includes power pins, ground pins, and signal pins. The power pins are connected to power pins of the PCIe slot, the PCIe expansion controller, the PCIe/SATA converter, the HDD controller, and the storage chip. The signal pins are connected to the PCIe expansion controller. The PCIe expansion controller expands a PCI signal into PCI signals and provides the PCI signals to the PCIe slot and the PCIe/SATA converter. The PCIe/SATA converter converts the PCI signal to SATA signals and provides the SATA signals to the HDD controller. The HDD controller controls the storage chip to read or write data. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150052274 | ALL-IN-ONE SATA INTERFACE STORAGE DEVICE - An all-in-one SATA interface storage device comprising: an interface board installed on a motherboard; a first memory card slot which is a CFast slot fixed on the interface board for installation of a CFast card; a second memory card slot fixed on the interface board and available to CF-SATA and CFEX cards for installation of either a CF-SATA card or a CFEX card. As such, the present invention facilitates applications of multiple storage devices via its SATA interfaces linking a host system, providing a user more convenient new storage devices, and creating higher value-added services by lowering costs. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150052275 | I/O CARD ARCHITECTURE BASED ON A COMMON CONTROLLER - The embodiments provide a backplane for a storage device that is readily extensible to accommodate a range storage media. In some embodiments, the controller is provided on a motherboard. In order to support a different numbers of bays, various management riser cards are provided on the motherboard to expand the capacity of the backplane while still using the same controller. The backplane supports a serial addressing scheme and shift registers to identify ports connected to the storage device controller to allow for different numbers of storage media to be connected to the motherboard. This allows the storage device controller to use the same addressing protocol and software for any number of drive bays. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150052276 | Data Storage Architecture Extension System and Method - A data storage architecture extension (DAX) system and method that daisy-chains multiple SATA disk drive storage elements to allow a single host bus adapter (HBA) to view the daisy-chain as one logical SATA disk drive is disclosed. The system/method may be broadly described as comprising a pass-thru disk drive controller (PTDDC) further comprising a pass-thru input (PTI) port, disk drive interface (DDI) port, and pass-thru output (PTO) port. The PTDDC intercepts and translates PTI port input to the requirements of a SATA disk drive connected to the DDI. Each PTDDC may be daisy-chained to other PTDDCs to permit a plethora of SATA drives to be associated with a given HBA, with the first PTDDC providing a presentation interface to the HBA integrating all SATA disk drive storage connected to the PTDDCs. Rack mounting of PTDDC-enabled SATA disk drives enables creation of inexpensive dynamically expandable petabyte-class storage arrays. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150052277 | Adaptor for Adding a Second Power Supply Unit to a Computer System - An adaptor for detachable connection with a first power supply unit (PSU) and a second PSU to augment the power delivered to a computer system is described. The adaptor may include a power connector configured for detachable connection with a complementary connector of the first PSU, a motherboard connector configured for detachable connection with a complementary connector of the second PSU, and a circuit between the power connector and the motherboard connector. The circuit may comprise a switch, and the circuit can be configured to, in response to an energization of the first PSU by the computer system, automatically close the switch and pass a signal through the closed switch and the motherboard connector for receipt by the second PSU for causing the second PSU to turn on to thereby augment the computer system with power from the second PSU. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150058511 | SYSTEM OF IMPLEMENTING SWITCH DEVICES IN A SERVER SYSTEM - A system of implementing devices in a system. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are systems comprising a plurality of devices of a first type coupled to a coupling medium, and a first and second slots (where each slot enables coupling of a device of a second type to the coupling medium). The first and second slots accept second type devices one each in each slot, and the first and second slots accept a single device spanning both slots. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150067221 | DATA TRANSFER APPARATUS AND METHOD - A data transfer apparatus includes a first connection unit, a second connection unit, a first storage unit, a second storage unit and a processor. The first connection unit is connected to a network card. The second connection unit is connected to a board on which a processor and a memory are mounted. The processor obtains an identifier of the network card connected to the first connection unit. The first storage unit stores a first identifier obtained by the processor. The second storage unit stores a second identifier different from the first identifier obtained by the processor when the first identifier is stored in the first storage unit. When the second identifier is assigned to data input from the first connection unit, the processor replaces the second identifier assigned to the data with the first identifier, and outputs the data via the second connection unit. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150089106 | EXPANSION CARD HAVING TWO SWITCHABLE CONNECTORS - An expansion card includes a PCIe connector, a non-PCIe connector, a signal switching module, and a signal processing module. The signal switching module includes a signal receiving unit and a signal transmitting unit. The PCIe connector is connected to the signal receiving unit and the signal transmitting unit. The non-PCIe connector is connected to the signal receiving unit and the signal transmitting unit. The signal processing module is connected to the signal receiving unit and the signal transmitting unit. Both of the signal receiving unit and the signal transmitting unit maintain receiving a high-level signal, and the PCIe connector is connected to the signal processing module. When both of the signal receiving unit and the signal transmitting unit receive a low-level signal, the non-PCIe connector is connected to the signal processing module. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150095540 | EXTERNAL DEVICE AND A TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND THE METHOD OF THE HETEROGENEOUS DEVICE - An external device and a transmission system and the method of the heterogeneous device can access the USB | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150143012 | METHOD FOR CONFIGURING MAXIMUM TRANSMISSION UNIT (MTU), TERMINAL AND USB DATA CARD - A method for configuring a maximum transmission unit (MTU) value, a terminal and a universal serial bus (USB) data card are provided. The method includes the following steps: after detecting that a connection to a USB data card is established ( | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150293867 | COMPUTER SYSTEM WITH GROUPS OF PROCESSOR BOARDS - A computer system includes a plurality of printed circuit boards, each printed circuit board having one or more processor chips attached to the printed circuit board, wherein the number of printed circuit boards is an even number greater than or equal to 4, wherein the printed circuit boards are arranged in two groups, each group being arranged in a different stacking direction, and wherein the one or more processor chips which are attached to each one of the printed circuit boards of one of the groups are connected for communication to the processor chips of each printed circuit board of the other group. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150293874 | DATA TRANSFER INTERFACE - A data transfer interface includes a circuit card assembly (CCA) including a mounting surface, a data transfer port mounted to the mounting surface of CCA, and a support that is through-hole mounted to the CCA and is engaged to the data transfer port to reinforce the data transfer port from against detaching from the CCA. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150317272 | STORAGE DEVICE EMPLOYING PCI-EXPRESS CONNECTION SOLID-STATE DRIVE - In a storage subsystem adopting HDD and PCIe-SSD as storage media, as a method for preventing the complication of having to select a removal method while considering the drive type inserted to the drive slot since the method for removing the HDD differs from the method for removing the PCIe-SSD according to the prior art, the present invention provides an LED for displaying whether it is possible to remove the HDD or the PCIe-SSD inserted to the slot of a drive enclosure, wherein when an HDD is inserted in the drive slot, the LED displays that removal of the HDD is enabled when power supply to the HDD is stopped, and when PCIe-SSD is inserted to the drive slot, the LED displays that removal of the SSD is enabled when Downstream Port Containment (DPC) is triggered in the downstream port of the PCIe switch to which the SSD is connected. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317280 | METHOD TO OPTIMIZE NETWORK DATA FLOWS WITHIN A CONSTRAINED SYSTEM - Methods, apparatus, and software for optimizing network data flows within constrained systems. The methods enable data to be transferred between PCIe cards in multi-socket server platforms, each platform including a local socket having an InfiniBand (IB) HCA and a remote socket. Data to be transmitted outbound from a platform is transferred from a PCIe card to the platform's IB HCA via a proxied datapath. Data received at a platform may employ a direct PCIe peer-to-peer (P2P) transfer if the destined PCIe card is installed in the local socket or via a proxied datapath if the destined PCIe card is installed in a remote socket. Outbound transfers from a PCIe card in a local socket to the platform's IB HCA may selectively be transferred using an either a proxied data path for larger data transfers or a direct P2P datapath for smaller data transfers. The software is configured to support each of local-local, remote-local, local-remote, and remote-remote data transfers in a manner that is transparent to the software applications generating and receiving the data. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150347345 | GEN3 PCI-EXPRESS RISER - A Gen3 PCIe Riser consisting of four PCIe x16 slots, a PCIe switch, external power, a remote programming interface, and a PCIe edge connector. The PCIe switch is programmed to allow any PCIe device installed in a PCIe slot to communicate directly through the switch with another PCIe device installed in another PCIe slot on the Riser without using the processing power of a Central Processing Unit thereby increasing system efficiency. In alternative embodiments, two Gen3 PCIe Risers are cross-connected to allow for more direct communication between any PCIe devices installed in the system. External power is connected when the PCIe devices require more power than available from a standard PCIe slot. The external programming interface allows for the configuration of the PCIe switch to be modified to meet system demands. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150370744 | COMPOSITE STORAGE DEVICE AND COMPOSITE MEMORY THEREOF - A composite storage device comprises a storage device and a composite memory, which comprises a substrate, a first transmission interface, a storage unit, a power conversion unit, a card insertion interface and a second transmission interface. The first transmission interface is coupled with a first communication interface of a main circuit board, and the second transmission interface is coupled with a second communication interface of the main circuit board via a transmission channel. The power conversion unit is coupled with the first transmission interface and the card insertion interface. The card insertion interface is coupled with the second transmission interface. When the storage device is electrically connected with the card insertion interface, the power is provided to the storage device, and information is exchanged between the storage device and the main circuit board through the card insertion interface, the second transmission interface, the transmission channel and the second communication interface. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370749 | SERVER SYSTEM - A server system is described. The server system comprises first motherboard having first processor module coupled to first memory module, second motherboard having second processor module coupled to second memory module, first back plate having first PCIE switch chip coupled to second PCIE switch chip via PCIE transmission channel. The first processor module is coupled to the first PCIE switch chip and the second processor module is coupled to the second PCIE switch chip. The first processor module converts the memory data of the first memory module into PCIE packet data to be transmitted to the second processor module by first PCIE switch chip and second PCIE switch chip. The second processor module converts the received PCIE packet data into memory data of second memory module for synchronizing the memory data of first motherboard and the second motherboard. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160012006 | BASEBOARD INTERCONNECTION DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160018860 | INSERTION AND EXTRACTION STRUCTURE OF CARD-SHAPED COMPONENT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An insertion and extraction structure of a card-shaped component includes a slot receiving a card-shaped component in an insertable and extractable manner. The slot has a first surface slidably guiding one surface of the card-shaped component and a second surface located opposite the first surface and slidably guiding the other surface of the card-shaped component. The insertion and extraction structure of a card-shaped component further includes a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface. The first inclined surface projects from the first surface while being inclined in an extraction direction of the card-shaped component. The second inclined surface is located apart from the first inclined surface in the extraction direction and, with one end portion of the card-shaped component yet to be completely extracted from the slot, abuts the other end portion of the card-shaped component. The second inclined surface is steeper than the first inclined surface. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160026600 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH MAIN AND BALCONY BOARDS - A data processing system with a main board and balcony boards. The data processing system includes a mainboard, at least one processor module, and at least one memory module. The system has at least one balcony board carrying at least one of the processor modules and at least one of the memory modules. The processor module has a first pin area for connecting to the balcony board and a second pin area for connecting to the mainboard, such that the balcony board is attached to the mainboard in a fixed position. The balcony board has an opening through which the processor module is plugged in a socket attached to the mainboard. The mainboard has an opening through which the processor module is plugged in a socket attached to the balcony board. A mainboard and a balcony board for a data processing system is also provided. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160055115 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE CARRIER SYSTEM - A data storage device carrier system includes a carrier configured to support one or more data storage devices, a backplane, including one or more coupling connector devices configured to electrically couple with a motherboard, and an interposer board operable to couple a plurality of the data storage devices supported by the carrier with the backplane. In an embodiment, the one or more coupling connector devices are operable to transfer communication signals and electrical power. The interposer board is operable to provide the electrical power from a single port on the backplane to each of the plurality of the data storage devices. The interposer board is also operable to pass communication signals between a primary port on the backplane to a first one of the plurality of the data storage devices, and to pass communication signals between a secondary port on the backplane to a second one of the plurality of the data storage devices. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160062939 | CONNECTOR WITH IN-CIRCUIT PROGRAMMING - Method and apparatus are provided for performing in-circuit serial programming of microcontrollers embedded within the connectors of smart cables. The method and apparatus involve providing a connector for the smart cables wherein the serial programming pins of the microcontroller are brought out or otherwise electrically connected to the sockets or pins of the connector. These sockets or pins may then be used to program the microcontroller directly from the smart cable using substantially the same programming protocols that are used with socket programmers and in-circuit programmers, but without requiring a socket programmer or an in-circuit programmer. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160092391 | INTERFACE APPARATUS, VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An interface apparatus of communicating with a multimedia player includes a slot part into which a card type memory is inserted; a hub part connected to the slot part, and configured to switch a communication line of the card type memory to a USB communication line; a port part to which an external device allowing USB communications is connected; a first connector connected to the hub part, and configured to transmit data stored in the card type memory to the multimedia player; and a second connector connected to the port part, and configured to transmit data stored in the external device to the multimedia player. Since a slot part for card type memory, a USB port, and an AUX terminal are arranged together, it is possible to improve the commercial value and design of the multimedia player. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160118121 | Configurable Volatile Memory Data Save Triggers - A volatile memory data save subsystem may include a coupling to a shared power source such as a chassis or rack battery, or generator. A data save trigger controller sends a data save command toward coupled volatile memory device(s) such as NVDIMMs and PCIe devices under specified conditions: a programmable amount of time passes without AC power, a voltage level drops below normal but is still sufficient to power the volatile memory device during a data save operation, the trigger controller is notified of an operating system shutdown command, or the trigger controller is notified of an explicit data save command without a system shutdown command. NVDIMMs can avoid reliance on dedicated supercapacitors and dedicated batteries. An NVDIMM may perform an asynchronous DRAM reset in response to the data save command. Voltage step downs may be coordinated among power supplies. After data is saved, power cycles and the system reboots. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160124886 | USB device and method thereof for automatically recognizing Microsoft windowing operating system version - Disclosed are a USB device and a method thereof for automatically recognizing a Microsoft windowing operating system version. The method comprises: a USB device accessing a host; the USB device reporting an MOSD supporting a configuration parameter designation function to the host, a designation configuration value of the configuration parameter designation function being set to the Nth configuration parameter; when the USB device detects that the host obtains a configuration descriptor corresponding to the Nth configuration parameter, determining that a Windows operating system version is Wing; when the USB device detects that the host obtains a configuration descriptor corresponding to the first configuration parameter, and if the USB device receives only one query instruction delivered by the host, determining that a Windows operating system version is XP; or otherwise determining that the current Windows operating system version is Vista or Win 7. Embodiments of the present invention can distinguish Windows operating system versions without installing any program on a host. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160124887 | PHYSICAL LAYER NETWORK INTERFACE MODULE (PHY-NIM) ADAPTATION SYSTEM - A physical layer network interface module (PHY-NIM) adaptation system provides a PHY-NIM device and an attachable media access control (MAC) device. The PHY-NIM device interconnects with the attachable MAC device and the attachable MAC device interconnects to a network appliance where the network appliance does not have at least one of an internal network switch and a MAC device in a southbridge input/output (I/O) interface chip of the network appliance. The PHY-NIM device interconnects directly to the network appliance without the attachable MAC device where the network appliance has at least one of the internal network switch and the MAC device in the southbridge I/O interface chip of the network appliance. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160124888 | Memory Bus Loading and Conditioning Module - A bus load module plugs into otherwise empty memory sockets on a memory bus. The bus load module conditions signals on the memory bus to improve signal quality and timing of the modules on the bus populated with memory, thereby improving system performance. The bus load module options include EEPROMs to interface to the system host to report load module configuration and capabilities. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160132454 | ADAPTER CARD FOR THIN COMPUTING DEVICES - A system and method for facilitating communication. The system includes an adapter card and a first motherboard interface for coupling the adapter card to a motherboard. In some embodiments, the first motherboard interface is configured to transmit data between the adapter card and the motherboard. In some embodiments, the first motherboard interface is configured to supply power from the motherboard to the adapter card. The system further includes a second motherboard interface configured for communicative coupling of a component. In some embodiments, the adapter card comprises a portion configured for structurally coupling of the adapter card to the second motherboard interface. The system further includes an external interface for coupling the adapter card to an external environment of the system associated with the motherboard, where the external interface is configured to transmit data between the external environment of the system and the adapter card. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160132456 | INTEGRATED ADAPTER FOR THIN COMPUTING DEVICES - A system and method for facilitating communication. The system includes an adapter card and a motherboard interface for coupling the adapter card to a motherboard. In some embodiments, the adapter card comprises an optical transmitter. In some embodiments, the motherboard interface is configured to transmit data between the adapter card and the motherboard. In some embodiments, the motherboard interface is configured to supply power from the motherboard to the adapter card. In some embodiments, the motherboard interface is a mini PCI express interface. The system may further comprise an external interface for coupling the adapter card to an external environment of a system associated with the motherboard. In some embodiments, the external interface is configured to transmit data between the external environment of the system and the adapter card. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160140072 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL TORUS TOPOLOGY - A printed circuit board with a two-dimensional torus topology provided herein. The printed circuit board includes an array of board connectors, an input port and an output port, and a set of interconnections. Each board connector of the array of board connectors is formed to receive an electronic connector. The input port and the output port are formed on each board connector to provide an identical trace routing direction. The set of interconnections are formed to connect each board connector to another board connector. The signal path between each of the interconnections has a length less than a distance between a first board connector and a last board connector in the array of board connectors. | 05-19-2016 |
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| 20160188521 | CONNECTOR DEVICE TO REMOVABLY CONNECT AND LOCK TO A FRAME - A connector device removably connects and locks to a frame to receive a hard drive. The connector device includes a first engagement member, a second engagement member, and a movable lock and release member. The first engagement member includes a first front-face portion, a first back-face portion, and a first channel disposed between the first front-face portion and the first back-face portion. The second engagement member includes a second front-face portion, a second back-face portion, and a second channel disposed between the second front-face portion and the second back-face portion. The movable lock and release member may be placed in a frame cavity of the frame to receive the hard drive. The movable lock and release member is formed to engage a perimeter of the frame cavity to lock the connecter device in an installed position. | 06-30-2016 |
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