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US 9,545,006 B1Granted
Configurable system board
AssigneeEMC IP Holding Company LLC
InventorsJohn Blondin, Ralph C. Frangioso, Joseph P. King, Jr., Stephen E. Strickland, David C. Bisbee
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Abstract
A system board includes at least one microprocessor coupled to the system board. A first circuit board region is populated with a first model voltage regulator circuit. The first model voltage regulator circuit is configured to provide electrical power to the at least one microprocessor. A second circuit board region is unpopulated and configured to receive a second model voltage regulator circuit.
Claims20
A system board comprising:
- at least one microprocessor coupled to the system board;
- a first circuit board region populated with a first model voltage regulator circuit, wherein the first model voltage regulator circuit is configured to provide electrical power to the at least one microprocessor using one or more conductive traces;
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- a second circuit board region unpopulated and configured to receive a second model voltage regulator circuit, wherein the second model voltage regulator circuit, when populated, is further configured to provide electrical power to the at least one microprocessor using the one or more conductive traces via the second circuit board region, wherein the one or more conductive traces electrically couple together the first model voltage regulator circuit at the first circuit board region and the second model voltage regulator circuit at the second circuit board region.
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A system board comprising:
- at least one microprocessor coupled to the system board;
- a first circuit board region populated with a first multi-phase voltage regulator circuit, wherein the first multi-phase voltage regulator circuit is configured to provide electrical power to the at least one microprocessor using one or more conductive traces;
- and
- a second circuit board region unpopulated and configured to receive a second multi-phase voltage regulator circuit, wherein the second multi-phase voltage regulator circuit, when populated, is further configured to provide electrical power to the at least one microprocessor using the one or more conductive traces via the second circuit board region, wherein the one or more conductive traces electrically couple together the first multi-phase voltage regulator circuit at the first circuit board region and the second multi-phase voltage regulator circuit at the second circuit board region.
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A high availability storage system comprising:
- a system board including:
- at least one microprocessor coupled to the system board,
- a first circuit board region populated with a first multi-phase voltage regulator circuit, wherein the first multi-phase voltage regulator circuit is configured to provide electrical power to the at least one microprocessor using one or more conductive traces, and
- a second circuit board region unpopulated and configured to receive a second multi-phase voltage regulator circuit, wherein the second multi-phase voltage regulator circuit, when populated, is further configured to provide electrical power to the at least one microprocessor using the one or more conductive traces via the second circuit board region, wherein the one or more conductive traces electrically couple together the first multi-phase voltage regulator circuit at the first circuit board region and the second multi-phase voltage regulator circuit at the second circuit board region;
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- an enclosure configured to house the system board.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.