POWER MANAGING SYSTEM

• US 20110029789A1
• Filed: 08/26/2009
• Published: 02/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gold Charm Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: HOU, KUEI-CHIH, TSAI, YU-CHI
• Granted Patent: US 8,214,666 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/300
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/26 Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof for memories G11C

Abstract

A power managing system includes a power supply, a first converter, a second converter, and a complex programmable logic device. The power supply outputs a first verification signal and a first power upon the condition that the power supply receives a power supply on signal from a motherboard. The first and second converters convert the first power to a second power, a third power, and output a second verification signal, a third verification signal respectively. The complex programmable logic device outputs an enable signal to the motherboard to make the motherboard receive the first, the second, and the third powers upon the condition that the complex programmable logic device receives the first, the second, and the third verification signals.

Claims

1. A power managing system comprising:

a power supply to output a first verification signal and a first power upon the condition that the power supply receives a power supply on (PS_ON) signal from a motherboard;

a power distribution board comprising;

a first converter to convert the first power to a second power and to output a second verification signal; and

a second converter to convert the first power to a third power and to output a third verification signal; and

a complex programmable logic device to output an enable signal to the motherboard to make the motherboard receive the first, the second, and the third powers upon the condition that the complex programmable logic device receives the first, the second, and the third verification signals.

2. The power managing system of claim 1, wherein the power supply comprises a plurality of power supply units, each of the plurality of power supply units outputs the first verification signal to the complex programmable logic device.

3. The power managing system of claim 2, wherein the power supply comprises an OR gate, the OR gate is coupled between each of the plurality of power supply units and the complex programmable logic device.

4. The power managing system of claim 1, wherein the first power is a +12 volts direct current power.

5. The power managing system of claim 1, wherein the first converter is a +3.3 volts converter, the second power is +3.3 volts direct current power.

6. The power managing system of claim 1, wherein the second converter is a +5 volts converter, the second power is +5 volts direct current power.

7. The power managing system of claim 1, wherein the power distribution board comprises a temperature sensor to measure temperature of the power managing system, upon the condition that the temperature of the power managing system is greater than a predetermined temperature, the temperature sensor outputs a warning signal to the power supply, the first converter, and the second converter to protect the motherboard.

8. The power managing system of claim 1, wherein the power distribution board comprises an over-current protecting circuit to measure a current flowing from the power supply, upon the condition that the current of the power supply is greater than a predetermined current correspondingly, the over-current protecting circuit outputs a warning signal to the power supply, the first converter, and the second converter to protect the motherboard.

9. The power managing system of claim 1, wherein the power distribution board comprises an over-voltage protecting circuit to measure a voltage at the power supply, upon the condition that the voltage of the power supply is greater than a predetermined voltage correspondingly, the over-voltage protecting circuit outputs a warning signal to the power supply, the first converter, and the second converter to protect the motherboard.