A device that enables a card to be hot-plugged into a socket on a processor-base machine includes a signal bus arbitrator, a signal bus switch, a power bus switch, a cover plate switch, status signals and a controller. The controller monitors the status signals and other signals from the cover plate switch and the signal bus arbitrator to generate control signals that activate the power bus switch and the signal bus switch to control power and signal transmitting facilities at the socket.
申请公布号
US6125417(A)
申请公布日期
2000.09.26
申请号
US19970970270
申请日期
1997.11.14
申请人
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
发明人
BAILIS, ROBERT THOMAS;BONDS, JR., THOMAS LEE;DRAUGHN, ROY LEE;GENZLINGER, ALVIN DEAN;JENSEN, DAVID JOHN;LINGAFELT, CHARLES STEVEN;OAKLEY, BRIAN SCOTT;WARD, MICHAEL JAMES