COOLING APPARATUS FOR SERVER
Granted: October 5, 2023
Application Number:
20230320040
A cooling apparatus is provided. An external cooling fluid flows into an external inlet opening from an external inlet pipe and passes through a heat exchanger to flow out of an external outlet opening to an external outlet pipe. An internal cooling fluid flows into an internal inlet pipe from the server and flows into an internal inlet opening from the internal inlet pipe and passes through the heat exchanger for heat exchange with the external cooling fluid to flow out of an internal…
DUAL-STACKED MOTHERBOARDS FOR FLUID IMMERSION COOLING
Granted: July 20, 2023
Application Number:
20230232582
A server computer system has one or more node assemblies. A node assembly has two motherboards that are stacked one over another with their component sides facing toward each other. Memory cards that are mounted on one motherboard are interlaced with memory cards that are mounted on the other motherboard. At least processors of the two motherboards are immersed in a coolant fluid in a fluid immersion cooling tank. A processor cooling stack is mounted over a processor. The processor…
SETTING THE IMPEDANCE OF SIGNAL TRACES OF A CIRCUIT BOARD USING A REFERENCE TRACE
Granted: July 6, 2023
Application Number:
20230217583
A circuit board has an edge connector with signal traces. The signal traces are formed on a dielectric layer of the circuit board. A reference trace is formed within the dielectric layer or on another surface of the dielectric layer. Parameters of the reference trace are adjusted to set an impedance of a single-ended signal trace or a differential impedance of two adjacent signal traces.
FLUID IMMERSION COOLING SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE LAYERS OF COOLANT FLUIDS
Granted: January 26, 2023
Application Number:
20230027552
A fluid immersion cooling system includes a fluid tank that contains a layer of a dual-phase coolant fluid and one or more layers of single-phase coolant fluids. The dual-phase and single-phase coolant fluids are immiscible, with the dual-phase coolant fluid having a lower boiling point and higher density than a single-phase coolant fluid. A substrate of an electronic system is submerged in the tank such that high heat-generating components are immersed at least in the layer of the…
FLUID IMMERSION COOLING SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE LAYERS OF COOLANT FLUIDS
Granted: January 26, 2023
Application Number:
20230027552
A fluid immersion cooling system includes a fluid tank that contains a layer of a dual-phase coolant fluid and one or more layers of single-phase coolant fluids. The dual-phase and single-phase coolant fluids are immiscible, with the dual-phase coolant fluid having a lower boiling point and higher density than a single-phase coolant fluid. A substrate of an electronic system is submerged in the tank such that high heat-generating components are immersed at least in the layer of the…
POLE MOUNT SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING INSTALLATION OF HEAVY TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT
Granted: March 31, 2022
Application Number:
20220104384
A pole mount system has an enclosure, an enclosure mounting assembly, and a clamp system. The enclosure mounting assembly is affixed to the exterior of the enclosure. The clamp system grips the pole. The enclosure mounting assembly and the clamp system have complementary fastening structures to secure the enclosure to the pole.
INSPECTION OF CIRCUIT BOARDS FOR UNAUTHORIZED MODIFICATIONS
Granted: March 17, 2022
Application Number:
20220084174
A target image of a target circuit board and a gold image of a gold circuit board are taken by an image acquisition system. Fiducial points are located on the target image and on the gold image. Perspective transformation is performed on the target image using the fiducial points on the target image for reference and on the gold image using the fiducial points on the gold image for reference. After perspective transformation, an anomalous section of the target image is identified by…
SETTING THE IMPEDANCE OF SIGNAL TRACES OF A CIRCUIT BOARD USING A REFERENCE TRACE
Granted: January 6, 2022
Application Number:
20220007501
A circuit board has an edge connector with signal traces. The signal traces are formed on a dielectric layer of the circuit board. A reference trace is formed within the dielectric layer or on another surface of the dielectric layer. Parameters of the reference trace are adjusted to set an impedance of a single-ended signal trace or a differential impedance of two adjacent signal traces.
REFERENCE METAL LAYER FOR SETTING THE IMPEDANCE OF METAL CONTACTS OF A CONNECTOR
Granted: July 29, 2021
Application Number:
20210235577
A circuit board has an electrical circuit and a connector that is attached to the circuit board. The connector has metal contacts. A housing of the connector has an embedded reference metal layer that is disposed under a single-ended metal contact or differential metal contacts. The reference metal layer sets the impedance of the single-ended metal contact or the differential metal contacts.
SETTING THE IMPEDANCE OF SIGNAL TRACES OF A CIRCUIT BOARD USING A REFERENCE TRACE
Granted: July 29, 2021
Application Number:
20210235578
A circuit board has an edge connector with signal traces. The signal traces are formed on a dielectric layer of the circuit board. A reference trace is formed within the dielectric layer or on another surface of the dielectric layer. Parameters of the reference trace are adjusted to set an impedance of a single-ended signal trace or a differential impedance of two adjacent signal traces.
NETWORK SWITCHES WITH SECURED SWITCH PORTS TO BASEBOARD MANAGEMENT CONTROLLERS
Granted: October 29, 2020
Application Number:
20200344269
A server management switch discovers and identifies its switch ports that are connected to communication ports of baseband management controllers (BMC's) of server computers. The server management switch isolates the identified BMC-connected switch ports such that network traffic on a BMC-connected switch port is restricted to a switch port that has a connection, either directly by a link or over a server management network, to a server management computer. Network traffic on…
ADAPTABLE STORAGE BAY FOR SOLID STATE DRIVES
Granted: March 26, 2020
Application Number:
20200097054
A solid state drive (SSD) storage bay includes storage trays and connector cards. A storage tray has a an interposer and an SSD module. A connector of the interposer is connected to a connector of the SSD module, and another connector of the interposer is connected to a connector of a connector card. The connector card includes terminals that connect to a bus of a computer system. The interposer includes wirings that allow electrical signals to propagate between the two connectors of the…
AUTOMATIC MULTI-CHASSIS LINK AGGREGATION CONFIGURATION
Granted: July 25, 2019
Application Number:
20190230052
A computer network includes a server computer having communication ports that are wired to switch ports of two separate network switches. The network switches receive link aggregation control packets from the server computer, and automatically aggregate corresponding switch ports into a single logical port channel based on contents of the control packets.
AUTOMATIC MULTI-CHASSIS LINK AGGREGATION CONFIGURATION WITH LINK LAYER DISCOVERY
Granted: July 25, 2019
Application Number:
20190230026
A computer network includes a server computer having communication ports that are wired to switch ports of two separate network switches. The network switches receive link layer discovery protocol (LLDP) packets from other network devices, and automatically aggregate corresponding switch ports into a port channel aggregation based on the contents of the LLDP packets.
MEMORY TYPE RANGE REGISTER WITH WRITE-BACK CACHE STRATEGY FOR NVDIMM MEMORY LOCATIONS
Granted: April 5, 2018
Application Number:
20180095879
A computer system includes a dual in-line memory module (DIMM), such as a registered DIMM (RDIMM), and a non-volatile DIMM (NVDIMM). A central processing unit (CPU) of the computer system has internal cache memory locations for caching data for the DIMM and NVDIMM. A memory type range register (MTTR) of the CPU is set for write-back cache strategy for a range of memory locations in the DIMM and NVDIMM. The computer system includes a power supply that, in the event of a power failure,…
GRACEFUL SHUTDOWN WITH ASYNCHRONOUS DRAM REFRESH OF NON-VOLATILE DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE
Granted: January 11, 2018
Application Number:
20180011714
A graceful shutdown of a computer system is initiated by sending a command to an asynchronous dynamic random access memory refresh (ADR) trigger device to assert an ADR trigger. Responsive to the command, the ADR trigger device asserts the ADR trigger to initiate an ADR of a non-volatile dual in-line memory module (NVDIMM) of the computer system. In response to the ADR trigger being asserted by the ADR trigger device, an ADR of the NVDIMM is performed before completing the graceful…
BACKPLANE STRUCTURE AND SERVER SYSTEM UTILIZING THE SAME
Granted: June 25, 2015
Application Number:
20150181768
A server system utilizing a backplane structure comprises first and second hard disk modules; a first backplane comprising a first wiring board comprising air vents and passive components and a second wiring board connected to a bottom portion of the first wiring board at a first angle and comprising first active components; and a second backplane comprising a third wiring board comprising second air vents and second passive components and a fourth wiring board connected to a bottom…
STORAGE DEVICE BACKPLANE WITH PENETRATING CONVECTION AND COMPUTER FRAMEWORK
Granted: June 11, 2015
Application Number:
20150163964
A storage device backplane with penetrating convection and a computer framework with the storage device backplane are disclosed. The storage device backplane includes an integration board, an operation board and a heat dissipation unit. The integration board has a first surface for electrically connecting the storage device group. The operation board is superposed on and electrically connected to a second surface of the integration board and is provided that the operation board includes…
DATA STORAGE CONNECTING DEVICE
Granted: May 7, 2015
Application Number:
20150126048
A data storage connecting device includes a circuit board, a first connector, a second connector and a third connector. The circuit board has a first connecting end and a second connecting end. The first connector and a second connector are both disposed on the first connecting end and respectively at two sides of a long axis of the circuit board, a location of the second connector connecting with a data storage device being opposite to that of the first connector connecting with another…
SERVER WITH OPENINGS ON TWO LATERAL SIDES
Granted: July 24, 2014
Application Number:
20140204540
A server for shortening development schedule is disclosed. A case has two tray receiving spaces. Each tray receiving space has a first opening and a second opening. Power sockets are disposed at the same position in the tray receiving spaces correspondingly. A storage unit includes a tray, a mother board and a storage component. The tray is inserted to the tray receiving space from the first opening and disposed extending to the opposite second opening. The storage unit is electrically…
