• DocumentCode
    3139706
  • Title

    ASIC design considerations for power management in laptop computers

  • Author

    Dubois, Yvon A. ; Farrell, James J., III

  • Author_Institution
    VLSI Technol. Inc., Tempe, AZ, USA
  • fYear
    1991
  • fDate
    27-31 May 1991
  • Firstpage
    348
  • Lastpage
    351
  • Abstract
    During battery operation, the laptop personal computer system power management is an extremely critical design criteria. A device that controls power at differing levels-in the keyboard, the display, as well as in the system´s integrated circuits themselves-is described in this paper. Automatic system turn-on, wake up sequencing, low batter indication, system bus interfacing and other system considerations are also addressed.<>
  • Keywords
    application specific integrated circuits; laptop computers; system buses; ASIC design; battery operation; display; integrated circuits; keyboard; laptop computers; low batter indication; personal computer; power management; system bus interfacing; wake up sequencing; Application specific integrated circuits; Automatic control; Battery management systems; Computer displays; Control systems; Energy management; Keyboards; Microcomputers; Portable computers; Power system management;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Euro ASIC '91
  • Conference_Location
    Paris, France
  • Print_ISBN
    0-8186-2185-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EUASIC.1991.212839
  • Filename
    212839