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Apparatus, system and method for gated power delivery to an I/O interface

US9141162B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

Rajagopal Narayanan · Bengaluru, IN
Sampath Dakshinamurthy · Bengaluru, IN
Sambaran Mitra · Godda, IN
Devadatta V. Bodas · Federal Way, US
Srikanth Nimmagadda · Kanchinakote, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 5, 2012
Grant date	Sep 22, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 13, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02D10/00
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques and mechanisms for managing a delivery of power to a resource of an input/output (I/O) interface. In an embodiment, a first link of a plurality of communication links is monitored. Of the plurality of links, a first set of resources of the I/O interface is to support communication only via the first link. One or more other resources of the I/O interface are for supporting communications of another link of the plurality of links. In another embodiment, a resource of the first set of resources is decoupled from a power supply in response to detecting a total number of active lanes of the first link, decoupling.

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