# US 7,607,921 B2 · Switch for peripheral I/O devices

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- Number: US 7,607,921 B2
- Document ID: US7607921B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/102,017
- Filed: 2008-04-14
- Published: 2009-06-25
- Granted: 2009-10-27
- Earliest claimed: 2007-12-24
- Assignees: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.; Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Xiang-Yun Kong
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7607921B2

## CPC

- G06F 3/023: Arrangements for converting discrete items of information into a coded form, e.g. arrangements for interpreting keyboard generated codes as alphanumeric codes, operand codes or instruction codes
- G09G 5/003: {Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto (specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092)}
- G09G 2300/0426: Layout of electrodes and connections
- G09G 2370/24: Keyboard-Video-Mouse [KVM] switch
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00)

## Abstract

A switch for switching a set of peripheral devices between two computers comprises at least one chip. The at least one chip has a selected signal pin, a group of invariable pins and two groups of variable pins. Each invariable pin corresponds to two variable pins. The group of invariable pins connects to the peripheral devices. Each of the two groups of variable pins connects to one of the two computers. Each invariable pin selectively connects to one of the corresponding two variable pins depending on the states of the selected signal pin to connect the set of peripheral devices to the selected computer.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A switch for switchably connecting at least one peripheral device to a first computer or a second computer, the switch comprising
a chip including
a selecting signal pin operable between a first state end a second state,
a group of peripheral-device terminals for electrically connection to the at least one peripheral device, and
a first group of computer terminals for electrically connection to the first computer;
a second group of computer terminals for electrically connection to the second computer; the peripheral-device terminals being respectively switchably connected to the first group of computer terminals when the selecting signal pin operates at the first stare, or the second group of computer terminals when the selecting signal pin operates at the second state;
wherein the switch further comprises a button circuit, the button circuit comprises an on-off switch, a first transistor, and a second transistor, the on-off switch comprising a first terminal for electrical connection to a first power source and a second terminal, the first terminal configured for outputting a first signal to the grid of the first transistor, the second terminal being grounded, the source of the first transistor being grounded, the drain of the first transistor being for electrical connection to a second power source and outputting a signal to the grid of the second transistor, the source of the second transistor being grounded, the drain of the second transistor being for electrical connection to a third power source and outputting a second signal.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The switch as described in claim 1, further comprising a first PS/2 port, the peripheral-device terminals configured for electrical connection to the peripheral device via the PS/2 port.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The switch as described in claim 1, further comprising a second PS/2 port, the computer terminals configured for electrical connection to the first or second computer via the second PS/2 port.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The switch as described in claim 1, wherein when the on-off switch is open, the selecting signal pin of the at least one chip receives the first signal and the second signal, thereby operating at the first state, when the on-off switch is closed, the selected signal pin receives the first signal and the second signal, thereby operating at the second state.