Method and apparatus for activating a bleed circuit through logic in response to a back-driven voltage on a supply voltage plane
US7028194B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 7, 2001 |
| Grant date | Apr 11, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 28, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F1/26
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A technique usable with a computer includes in response to the computer being in a predetermined sleep state, coupling a load to conduct current from a supply voltage plane of the computer to ground. The supply voltage plane does not receive power from a power resource of the computer in response to the predetermined sleep state. In response to the computer being in a predetermined state other than the predetermined sleep state, the load is decoupled so that the load does not conduct current from the supply voltage plane to ground.
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