公开(公告)号：US09195297B2

公开(公告)日：2015-11-24

申请号：US13677835

申请日：2012-11-15

Applicant: VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Wei-Hung Chen ,  Hui-Chih Lin

IPC: G06F1/00 ,  G06F1/32 ,  G06F1/26

CPC classification number: G06F1/325 ,  G06F1/26 ,  G06F1/3203 ,  G06F1/3209

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.

Abstract translation: 公开了桥接装置及其省电方法。 所公开的桥接装置包括连接器，连接检测器和桥接芯片。 连接器可操作以连接主机，并包括电源引脚和指令引脚。 连接检测器耦合到电源引脚以确定连接器是否浮动，并且当连接不浮动时输出链接的信号。 桥接芯片耦合到命令引脚和连接检测器。 当桥接芯片通过命令引脚接收到从主机传送的省电命令和从连接检测器传送的链接信号时，桥接芯片执行省电操作。

公开(公告)号：US10209756B2

公开(公告)日：2019-02-19

申请号：US15286858

申请日：2016-10-06

Applicant: VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Wei-Hung Chen ,  Kuo-Yu Wu

IPC: G06F1/28 ,  H02M1/32

Abstract: An operating system including a voltage converter, a processing circuit, and a protector is provided. The voltage converter converts an input voltage according to a feedback voltage to generate an output voltage. The processing circuit is coupled to the voltage converter and processes the output voltage according to a control signal to generate the feedback voltage. The protector is coupled to the voltage converter and the processing circuit and activates or deactivates the voltage converter according to the feedback voltage.