Universal serial bus wakeup circuit
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsCharles Ray Kirk, John David Landers, JR., David John Steiner, Paul Morton Wilson
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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsCharles Ray Kirk, John David Landers, JR., David John Steiner, Paul Morton Wilson
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A circuit is attached in parallel to a universal serial bus interface of a data processing system. A capacitor in the circuit is charged by receiving power from a power pin of the universal serial bus interface while the data processing system is not in a reduced power state. A vibration sensor is unpowered while the data processing system is not in a reduced power state. The vibration sensor is disconnected from a data pin of the universal serial bus interface while the data processing system is not in a reduced power state. When the data processing system enters a reduced power state, the capacitor provides power to the vibration sensor. When a vibration is detected by the vibration sensor, a switch connects the vibration sensor to the data pin of the universal serial bus interface, providing a wake up signal to the data processing system.
A circuit comprising:
A method for providing a wake up signal to a data processing system in a reduced power state, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.