Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bridging device for connecting to a host executes a power saving operation or a polling operation according to status detected by the connection detector
- Patent Title (中): 用于连接到主机的桥接装置根据连接检测器检测到的状态执行省电操作或轮询操作
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Application No.: US13677835Application Date: 2012-11-15
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Publication No.: US09195297B2Publication Date: 2015-11-24
- Inventor: Wei-Hung Chen , Hui-Chih Lin
- Applicant: VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Applicant Address: TW New Taipei
- Assignee: VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee: VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: TW New Taipei
- Agency: McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP
- Priority: TW100142882A 20111123
- Main IPC: G06F1/00
- IPC: G06F1/00 ; G06F1/32 ; G06F1/26

Abstract:
A bridging device and a power saving method thereof are disclosed. The disclosed bridging device includes a connector, a connection detector and a bridging chip. The connector is operative to connect to a host and includes a power pin and a command pin. The connection detector is coupled to the power pin to determine whether the connector is floating, and, outputs a linked signal when the connection is non-floating. The bridging chip is coupled to the command pin and the connection detector. When the bridging chip receives a power saving command transferred from the host via the command pin and the linked signal transferred from the connection detector, the bridging chip executes a power saving operation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130132746A1 BRIDGING DEVICE AND POWER SAVING METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2013-05-23
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