Providing power to a module
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1. A method to couple a module to a board including power circuitry, comprising:
- detecting the module'"'"'s power requirements before providing payload power to the module; and
routing a regulated power level to the module via a power feed based on the detected power requirements, wherein the regulated power level is provided by the board'"'"'s power circuitry.
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Abstract
A method to couple a module to a board including power circuitry. The method includes detecting a module'"'"'s power requirements before providing payload power to the module and routing a regulated power level to the module via at least one power feed based on the detected power requirements. The regulated power is provided by the board'"'"'s power circuitry.
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28 Claims
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1. A method to couple a module to a board including power circuitry, comprising:
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detecting the module'"'"'s power requirements before providing payload power to the module; and
routing a regulated power level to the module via a power feed based on the detected power requirements, wherein the regulated power level is provided by the board'"'"'s power circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A board comprising:
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power circuitry to provide a plurality of regulated power levels;
a power feed to couple to the plurality of regulated power levels; and
a power logic to detect a module'"'"'s power requirements before payload power is provided to the module and to route a regulated power level to the module via the power feed based on the detected power requirements, the regulated power level from among the plurality of regulated power levels. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system comprising:
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a module; and
a board including;
power circuitry to provide a plurality of regulated power levels, a power feed to couple to the plurality of regulated power levels, a power logic to detect the module'"'"'s power requirements before payload power is provided to the module and to route a regulated power level to the module via the power feed based on the detected power requirements, the regulated power level from among the plurality of regulated power levels. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A machine-accessible medium comprising content, which, when executed by a machine causes the machine to:
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detect a module'"'"'s power requirements before payload power is provided to the module; and
route a regulated power level to the module via a power feed based on the detected power requirements, wherein the regulated power level is provided by the board'"'"'s power circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A module to couple to a board having power circuitry, the module comprising:
a module management controller to indicate to the board the module'"'"'s power requirements prior to the board providing payload power, wherein based on the indicated power requirements, the board is to route a regulated power level to the module via a power feed, the regulated power level to be provided by the board'"'"'s power circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
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