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6742056 Semiconductor device and method for initializing interface card using serial EEPROM  
A semiconductor device for initializing an interface card using a serial EEPROM and an initializing method allow for more effective use of a serial EEPROM used to store the initialization...
6742068 Data server with hot replaceable processing unit modules  
A data server having a plurality of hot replaceable processing unit modules. Each module includes a motherboard having plugged therein: a CPU; a main memory; an I/O adapter card, and an...
6742067 Personal computer main board for mounting therein memory module  
A personal computer (PC) main board is used for mounting therein a memory module, and the memory module is capable of mounting therein one selected from a first type of Dynamic Random Access Memory...
6735656 PC card having casing part edges joined by fingers in recesses and tabs in slots  
A PC card has a casing with upper and lower casing portions ( 12,11 ) wherein the upper casing portion is formed by front and rear casing parts ( 13, 14 ). The rear casing part has a forward edge...
6735090 High-speed memory device, socket mounting structure for mounting a high-speed memory device and mounting method of mounting high-speed memory device  
A memory device is constructed by connecting a plurality of flat high-speed memory modules each including a connector on one side of which input side and output side terminals for dealing with a...
6732202 Network node with plug-in identification module  
A network node includes a housing in which the electronics of the network node are contained, the housing having an external port to which a plug-in module can be physically attached. The plug-in...
6728822 Bus bridge circuit, information processing system and cardbus controller  
A jumper ( 60 ) is provided as a control input means for switching operation modes of a CardBus controller ( 42 ). Also, a bidirectional bypass path ( 40 A, 66, 58 A) is provided in parallel with...
6725317 System and method for managing a computer system having a plurality of partitions  
The inventive multiple partition computer system allows the reconfiguration of the installed hardware, possibly while the various partitions continue normal operations. This aspect includes adding...
6725301 System solution to allow 64-bit PCI adapters to determine state during reset  
A modified system causes the REQ64# signal to be asserted when the adapter is in reset on a 64-bit slot. This allows the adapter to see that it is in a 64-bit slot at the beginning of reset,...
6725291 Detection method used in adaptor capable of inserting various kinds of memory cards  
The present invention relates to a detection method used in a memory card adaptor and, more particularly, to a detection method used in an adaptor capable of inserting various kinds of memory...
6718415 Computer system and method including console housing multiple computer modules having independent processing units, mass storage devices, and graphics controllers  
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...
6715019 Bus reset management by a primary controller card of multiple controller cards  
A communication system has multiple communication buses and multiple bus controller cards each supplying at least two independent channels of communication between one or more hosts and the...
6715018 Computer including installable and removable cards, optical interconnection between cards, and method of assembling a computer  
A computer comprising a housing; a circuit board supported in the housing; a plurality of slot connectors supported on the circuit board; a first card configured for sliding receipt in one of the...
6714999 Portable electronic apparatus and communication method for protocol selection processing of a portable electronic apparatus  
In an IC card having a control element such as programmable nonvolatile memory and CPU, and incorporating an IC chip including function for data input and output from outside, plural choices are...
6711639 System and method for processor bus termination  
A method and system for terminating the processor bus of a computer system is provided in which an external termination resistor is coupled between the processor and power at the optional processor...
6708243 Computer assembly with stub traces coupled to vias to add capacitance at the vias  
A computer assembly is described. The computer assembly includes a motherboard and a socket mounted to the motherboard. The socket, which enables the motherboard to receive a memory card, has a...
6708230 Relative address allocation apparatus and method for data storage card  
An apparatus and method allocate relative card addresses (RCAs) for multimedia cards in a digital data player with a multimedia card stack configured to receive those multimedia cards. Respective...
6704825 Hot swap system  
A system to connect cards in a chassis is provided. The system includes a chassis frame having a slot to receive a card. A rocker is coupled to the chassis frame and positioned in a closed state...
6701400 Adaptive card-sensitive bus slot method and system  
An adaptive card-sensitive bus slot system and method. The method and system include a substantially universal bus slot structure. In one embodiment, the substantially universal bus slot structure...
6697883 PC card  
A PC card can select one function from a plurality of functions, and comprises an information transmission means (S 2 , S 7 ) for giving information corresponding to the selected function to an...
6694399 Method and device for universal serial bus smart card traffic signaling  
A method and device are disclosed for detecting successful transfers between a Universal Serial Bus (USB) port and a USB smart card and generating a signal that provides an indication of the USB...
6691196 First-level removable module having bar code I/O and second-level removable memory  
Computer hosts, such as PDAs, are customized for use in bar code scanner applications through use of a first-level removable expansion module having bar code related circuitry and a slot and...
6687778 Peripheral device for information processing  
A card-type peripheral device has a PCMCIA card shape for the device to be inserted in a slot formed in a PC. The device includes an SD card slot for an SD card to be inserted therein, and a...
6687837 Method and system for controlling the supply of power to a circuit card in a card shelf through an activation signal  
A method and system for controlling the supply of power to a circuit card in a card shelf includes automatically generating a deactivation signal in response to disconnection of a non-power link...
6678775 System enabling automatic error detection in response to removal of bus adapter  
A hot pluggable bus in a computer system includes one or more slots for receiving hot pluggable bus adapters and a hot plug controller also coupled to the bus. When a mechanical member associated...
6678776 System for a card proxy link architecture  
A PCI bus system for a computer provides a main board with one or more PCI slots mounted on the board, and with each PCI slot adapted to receive a PHI card. Each PCI slot includes a plurality of...
6671764 PC adapter card with an interchangeable connector set  
A PC adapter card system is disclosed. The system includes a connector set and a base unit. The connector set has a plurality of connection ports. The connector set sends/receives data to/from...
6671763 Distributed control system including a compact easily-extensible and serviceable field controller  
A field controller for use in a distributed control system including an area controller and at least one field controller. The field controller manages at least one controlled device in an...
6665736 Computer motherboard for supporting various memories  
A computer motherboard selectively uses various memories in the light of a dummy card. The computer motherboard comprises a serial resistor, and a first slot and a second slot for holding various...
6665764 Hubless docking station having USB ports  
A hub-less docking station for providing additional universal serial bus (USB). In one embodiment, a docking station includes a docking connector and a plurality of USB jacks. The docking connector...
6662255 System for housing CompactPCI adapters in a non-CompactPCI frame  
A system for housing CompactPCI cards in a frame that does not meet a specified CompactPCI form factor (3U and 6U) is presented. Existing telecommunication frames have generally a larger depth that...
6662243 Memory unit, a method of assembling a memory unit, a method of reconfiguring a system, and a memory device  
A computer comprising a housing; a circuit board supported in the housing; a plurality of slot connectors supported on the circuit board; a first card configured for sliding receipt in one of the...
6662119 Method and apparatus for monitoring connector degradation  
A line card connectable to a backplane connector includes a connector. The connector includes connector terminals, a subset of which are connected to an insertion monitoring circuit. The insertion...
6658497 System for recognizing of a device connection state by reading structure information data which produced by pull-up resistor and pull-down resistor  
The present invention relates to a device connection state recognizing method capable of recognizing a connection state of devices without addition of signal lines dedicated to detection. Thus, in...
6658507 System and method for hot insertion of computer-related add-on cards  
This invention is a novel design for hot inserting/removing add-on cards in a data processing system while not increasing the complexity of design nor cost of manufacturing. A single hot insertion...
6658516 Multi-interface memory card and adapter module for the same  
A multi-interface memory card and an adapter module for the memory card are described to enable convenient transfer of data between the memory card and a computer. The multi-interface memory card...
6654842 Swap bay device supporting both master mode and slave mode and portable computer having the same  
A swap bay device for a portable computer with a swap bay has a mode selection switch for selectively setting its operation mode. If the swap bay device is installed in a portable computer...
6654841 USB interface flash memory card reader with a built-in flash memory  
A USB interface flash memory card reader is attached with a built-in flash memory so that the card reader itself provides a function of data storage in addition to a function of reading data in a...
6647451 Basic input/output integration of motherboard extension features and plug and play information delivery  
A riser card with an interface on a motherboard can reduce the overall cost of an electronic system as well as simplify upgrading the features provided by the riser. Implementation costs can be...
6640272 Automated backplane cable connection identification system and method  
An automated backplane cable connection system (and method) for manually connecting a cluster of processor modules to other modules or I/O boxes uses a programmed server management control console...
6640273 Apparatus for data bus expansion between two instrument chassis  
Apparatus for data bus expansion between two instrument chassis comprises a first interface circuit, a connecting cable, and a second interface circuit. Detection circuitry in each interface...
6640276 Bus system and method for achieving a stable bus redundancy  
A bus system interconnected to a coupling module to form a ring structure for reasons of redundancy, whereby a linear structure of the bus ( 1 ) is achieved through a partition ( 9 ) in the...
6636917 Card design having tape and disk drives  
A storage card module having a front panel card component and a rear panel transition module disposed on a backplane in accordance with the Compact Peripheral Component Interconnect (CPCI) bus...
6625670 Network interface card asynchronous interface with signalling lines and at least eight data lines for switching between forward channel and reverse channel  
The present invention relates to an asynchronous interface for communication between two devices. It comprises signalling lines and at least eight data lines and is especially suitable for...
6625681 State activated one shot with extended pulse timing for hot-swap applications  
An apparatus and method for indicating and allowing hot swapping of a circuit board. During both insertion and extraction of a circuit board from a system, two inputs signals are generated from...
6618781 Computer add-on card capable of outputting different type of digital TV signals  
This invention is about a computer add-on card that is capable of transferring MPEG-2 Transport Stream file from a computer storage (hard disk, DVD-ROM, etc.) to an external equipment such as:...
6612850 Slot pinhole dual layout on a circuit board  
A slot pinhole dual layout is made of multi-rows of pinholes to perform selective electro-connection between two different interfaces, including a first pinhole layout and a second pinhole layout....
6609169 Solid-state audio-video playback system  
A completely solid state playback and recording system for enormous music and movie collections comprised of read-only and rerecordable memory. The system has no moving parts and delivers a...
6609207 Data processing system and method for securing a docking station and its portable PC  
A data processing system and method including a docking station and a portable computer capable of being coupled to the docking station are disclosed for securing the docking station, the portable...
6604164 Computer  
Disclosed is a computer having a plurality of adapter cards which are insertable in adjacent bus segments, which are routed interleaved in the middle of a backplane and standard connectors are...