Patents Assigned to Super Micro Computer, Inc.
  • Patent number: 12207449
    Abstract: 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 outlet opening to an internal outlet pipe. A hot-swap pump has a pump main body, an inlet anti-leakage pipe, an outlet anti-leakage pipe and a hot-swap connector. The inlet anti-leakage pipe includes an inlet connector and an inlet anti-leakage valve. The outlet anti-leakage pipe includes an outlet connector and an outlet anti-leakage valve. The hot-swap connector is electrically connected to the pump main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Chia-Wei Chen, Te-Chang Lin, Yueh-Ming Liu, Yu-Hsiang Huang, Ya-Lin Liu, Chi-Che Chang
  • Patent number: 12189758
    Abstract: A computer system includes a processor that operates in a normal world and a secure world and that provides hardware-level isolation between the normal world and the secure world. A storage device of the computer system has a protected data region that stores critical data. A random-access memory of the computer system has a normal memory space that is accessible in the normal world and a secure memory space that is accessible only in the secure world. The secure memory space stores commands that transfer the critical data between the protected data region and the normal memory space by direct memory access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Rsong-Hsiang Shiao, Hung-Ming Chien
  • Patent number: 12183031
    Abstract: System and methods for determining positions of server computers within a rack are disclosed. Unit Identification (UID) lights of the server computers are turned ON to determine positions of server computers relative to other server computers or relative to other server computers and non-server levels. The non-server levels include empty levels and levels with equipment that are not server computers. The positions of server computers are identified based on images of the servers captured by a camera or by polling the states of the UID lights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Tsang Ming Jiang, Shu-Chun Yeh
  • Patent number: 12185497
    Abstract: A fluid immersion cooling system has a fluid tank containing a hydrocarbon dielectric fluid as a coolant fluid. One or more components of an electronic system is immersed in the coolant fluid. A gas cylinder contains a non-flammable, compressed filling gas. The temperature of the coolant fluid is monitored during operation of the electronic system. The filling gas is released from the gas cylinder and into the fluid tank when the temperature of the coolant fluid rises to a trigger temperature that is set based on the flash point of the coolant fluid. The filling gas covers a surface of the coolant fluid to block oxygen from interacting with vapors of the coolant fluid to prevent combustion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Yueh-Ming Liu, Hsiao-Chung Chen, Chia-Wei Chen, Yu-Hsiang Huang, Chia-Che Chang, Hua-Kai Tong, Tan-Hsin Chang, Yu-Chuan Chang, Ming-Yu Chen, Yu-Yen Hsiung, Kun-Chieh Liao
  • Patent number: 12029012
    Abstract: 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 dual-phase coolant fluid. Heat from the components is dissipated to the dual-phase coolant fluid to generate vapor bubbles of the dual-phase coolant fluid. The vapor bubbles rise to a layer of a single-phase coolant fluid that is above the layer of the dual-phase coolant fluid. The vapor bubbles condense to droplets of the dual-phase coolant fluid. The droplets fall down into the layer of the dual-phase coolant fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Yueh Ming Liu, Yu Hsiang Huang, Yu Chuan Chang, Tan Hsin Chang, Hsiao Chung Chen, Chia-Wei Chen, Chih-Ta Chen, Cheng-Hung Lin, Ming-Te Hsu
  • Patent number: 12016114
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Manhtien V. Phan, Mau-Lin Chou, Chih-Hao Lee
  • Patent number: 11839048
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC.
    Inventors: Chia-Wei Chen, Tienen Chao
  • Patent number: 11800637
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Manhtien V. Phan, Mau-Lin Chou, Chih-Hao Lee
  • Publication number: 20230320040
    Abstract: 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 outlet opening to an internal outlet pipe. A hot-swap pump has a pump main body, an inlet anti-leakage pipe, an outlet anti-leakage pipe and a hot-swap connector. The inlet anti-leakage pipe includes an inlet connector and an inlet anti-leakage valve. The outlet anti-leakage pipe includes an outlet connector and an outlet anti-leakage valve. The hot-swap connector is electrically connected to the pump main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Chia-Wei CHEN, Te-Chang LIN, Yueh-Ming LIU, Yu-Hsiang HUANG, Ya-Lin LIU, Chi-Che CHANG
  • Publication number: 20230232582
    Abstract: 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 cooling stack includes flow regulation structures with sidewalls that regulate flow of vapor bubbles of the coolant fluid away from the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Yueh Ming LIU, Yu Hsiang HUANG, Yu Chuan CHANG, Hsiao Chung CHEN, Tan Hsin CHANG
  • Publication number: 20230217583
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Manhtien V. PHAN, Mau-Lin CHOU, Chih-Hao LEE
  • Patent number: 11632857
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC.
    Inventors: Manhtien V. Phan, Mau-Lin Chou, Chih-Hao Lee
  • Patent number: 11599988
    Abstract: 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 identifying pixels that have different intensities between the target image and the gold image, the anomalous section being indicative of an unauthorized modification to the target circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Bo-Han Wo, Chun-Yi Lin, Yu-Lung Shih, Kai Cheng Wen, Kevin Wei-Chou Chen, Yu-Jung Liang, Pei Hsiang Yang, Jenn-Chih Chou
  • Patent number: 11594832
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to electronic devices. At least some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an electronic device comprising a circuit board, a first connector, and a second connector. The first connector and the second connector are disposed on the circuit board. The first connector is different from the second connector. The second connector is adjacent to the first connector. The first connector is arranged along a reference line in a first direction, and the second connector is adjacent to the reference line in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC.
    Inventors: Hsiao Chung Chen, Tan Hsin Chang, Yueh Ming Liu, Yu Chuan Chang, Hung Chieh Chang
  • Publication number: 20230027552
    Abstract: 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 dual-phase coolant fluid. Heat from the components is dissipated to the dual-phase coolant fluid to generate vapor bubbles of the dual-phase coolant fluid. The vapor bubbles rise to a layer of a single-phase coolant fluid that is above the layer of the dual-phase coolant fluid. The vapor bubbles condense to droplets of the dual-phase coolant fluid. The droplets fall down into the layer of the dual-phase coolant fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Yueh Ming LIU, Yu Hsiang HUANG, Yu Chuan CHANG, Tan Hsin CHANG, Hsiao Chung CHEN, Chia-Wei CHEN, Chih-Ta CHEN, Cheng-Hung LIN, Ming-Te HSU
  • Patent number: 11502433
    Abstract: A cable assembly has a cable with a transceiver module on one end. The transceiver module is plugged into an interface connector of a circuit card, which also has a network interface controller chip, an onboard non-volatile memory, and a control unit. The control unit reads cable assembly data stored in a non-volatile memory of the transceiver module over a serial bus and copies the cable assembly data to the onboard non-volatile memory. The control unit initiates transfer of the cable assembly data from the onboard non-volatile memory to a communication port of the network interface controller chip over another serial bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC.
    Inventors: Mau-Lin Chou, John Chen, Manhtien V. Phan
  • Patent number: 11445633
    Abstract: A telecommunication cabinet with anti-theft function includes a cabinet body, a cabinet door, a fan module, and a plurality of coupling parts. The cabinet body includes a cabinet and a telecommunication module. The cabinet door covers the cabinet body and is provided with a snap hole. A bottom side of the cabinet door is provided with an installation opening. The fan module includes multiple fans and an elastic clip, and the elastic clip is provided with a bump. When the fan module is placed into the cabinet door from the installation opening, the bump is positioned in the snap hole. The fan module is coupled to the bottom side of the cabinet door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC.
    Inventors: Chia-Wei Chen, Tienen Chao
  • Publication number: 20220255248
    Abstract: A cable assembly has a cable with a transceiver module on one end. The transceiver module is plugged into an interface connector of a circuit card, which also has a network interface controller chip, an onboard non-volatile memory, and a control unit. The control unit reads cable assembly data stored in a non-volatile memory of the transceiver module over a serial bus and copies the cable assembly data to the onboard non-volatile memory. The control unit initiates transfer of the cable assembly data from the onboard non-volatile memory to a communication port of the network interface controller chip over another serial bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Mau-Lin CHOU, John CHEN, Manhtien V. PHAN
  • Publication number: 20220225534
    Abstract: A telecommunication cabinet with anti-theft function includes a cabinet body, a cabinet door, a fan module, and a plurality of coupling parts. The cabinet body includes a cabinet and a telecommunication module. The cabinet door covers the cabinet body and is provided with a snap hole. A bottom side of the cabinet door is provided with an installation opening. The fan module includes multiple fans and an elastic clip, and the elastic clip is provided with a bump. When the fan module is placed into the cabinet door from the installation opening, the bump is positioned in the snap hole. The fan module is coupled to the bottom side of the cabinet door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Chia-Wei CHEN, Tienen CHAO
  • Publication number: 20220192040
    Abstract: A telecommunication cabinet includes a cabinet body, a cabinet door module, and a detachable hinge. The cabinet body includes a cabinet and a telecommunication module disposed in the cabinet. The cabinet door module includes a cabinet door and a function module. The detachable hinge includes a first shaft seat, a second shaft seat and a pivot shaft. The cabinet door module is pivotally rotatable with respect to the cabinet through the pivot shaft inserted to the first shaft seat and the second shaft seat. The cabinet door module is detachably coupled to the cabinet body to facilitate replacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Chia-Wei CHEN, Tienen CHAO