Abstract: A supplemental power system includes a powered component, a removable module interface with a plurality of pins, and a plurality of system connections. A system controller detects a first type removable module coupled to the removable module interface and allows signals from the system connections to be transmitted to the first type removable module through the plurality of pins. The system controller detects a second type removable module coupled to the removable module interface and allows power from the second type removable module that is received through the plurality of pins to be transmitted to the powered component while not allowing signals from the system connections to be transmitted to the second type removable module through the plurality of pins. Power that is stored in the second type removable module may be provided to the powered component in response to a detected power excursion by the powered component.

Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a system controller having a location determination module configured to cause determination and/or reporting of the location of the HVAC system in response to a first run and/or initialization of the HVAC system. The location determination module may determine and/or report location information via global positioning system (GPS) capability, a service provider (SP), customized data provider (CDP), Internet sites, LAN, WAN, 3G, 4G, and/or any other type of network infrastructure to effect reporting of the location of the HVAC system.

Abstract: A printed circuit board includes a first trace, a second trace, and a first via. The first trace is in a first conductive layer. The second trace is in a second conductive layer. The first via interconnects the first trace and the second trace, and communicates a first signal from the first trace to the second trace through a third conductive layer. The third conductive layer has a higher impedance than the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a circuit board may include a first trace formed in a first layer of the circuit board, a second trace formed in a second layer of the circuit board, a via, and a termination pad. The via may be configured to electrically couple the first trace to the second trace, the via comprising a via stub corresponding to a first portion of a length of the via not within a second portion of the via between a first location in which the first trace is electrically coupled to the via and a second location in which the second trace is electrically coupled to the via. The termination pad may be formed at an end of the via stub opposite at least one of the first location and the second location.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a signal indicative of one or more types of individual measurable device characteristic/s that are unique to a given electronic device by providing a signal indicative of the measurable and unique device characteristic/s in a passive manner from the electronic device. The signal indicative of one or more types of individual measurable device characteristic/s may be so provided without requiring operational power to be applied to any active electronic circuitry of the device, and without requiring any power to be generated by the device.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a circuit board may include a first trace formed in a first layer of the circuit board, a second trace formed in a second layer of the circuit board, a via, and a termination pad. The via may be configured to electrically couple the first trace to the second trace, the via comprising a via stub corresponding to a first portion of a length of the via not within a second portion of the via between a first location in which the first trace is electrically coupled to the via and a second location in which the second trace is electrically coupled to the via. The termination pad may be formed at an end of the via stub opposite at least one of the first location and the second location.

Abstract: A method of selectively enabling error checking in an information handling system, including receiving information indicating that data associated with a first memory portion in a system memory should be subject to error checking during transmission between the memory controller and the system memory and indicating that data associated with a second memory portion in the system memory should be free of error checking during transmission between the memory controller and the system memory, receiving a memory access request directed to one of the first and second memory portions, transmitting data between the memory controller and the system memory in response to the memory access request, and selectively performing an error checking technique on the transmitted data based on the information.

Abstract: An adjustable heat sink which allows factory, service, or customers to adjust the width of the heat sink to take advantage of some or all available unpopulated DIMM space to optimize cooling and performance. Such an adjustable heat sink addresses many of the limitations of other heat sinks and is advantageous for reducing part numbers within a platform and across platforms. Such an adjustable heat sink also simplifies field upgrades when either adding or removing populated DIMMs to an information handling system thus enhancing performance without a need to change CPU Heat sinks.

Abstract: A power management control system for an information handling system is disclosed. The power management control system includes a power management interface bus interfacing a plurality of devices, where one or more of the devices is each associated with a time clock. The power management control system further includes a management agent interfacing the power management interface bus. The management agent is configured to: receive a system time; synchronize the one or more time clocks based, at least in part, on the system time; and maintain synchronization of the one or more time clocks, at least in part, via a set of telemetric primitives.

Abstract: Mixtures of C1-12 compounds comprising at least one -Alk-O— group with thermogenic formulations, such as those comprising supercooled solutions of salts, are capable of substantial enhancement of transdermal drug delivery.

Abstract: Disclosed in a method of optimizing a voltage reference signal. The method includes: assigning a first value to the voltage reference signal; executing a test pattern while using the voltage reference signal having the first value; observing whether a failure occurs in response to the executing and thereafter recording a pass/fail result; incrementing the voltage reference signal by a second value; repeating the executing, the observing, and the incrementing a plurality of times until the voltage reference signal exceeds a third value; and determining an optimized value for the voltage reference signal based on the pass/fail results obtained through the repeating the executing, the observing, and the incrementing the plurality of times.

Abstract: An information handling system determines a system configuration including a hardware module, and determines an adjusted power budget for the hardware module. The adjusted power budget is based on a calculation including a difference between a date code read from the hardware module and a baseline date, a baseline power budget, a power reduction period and a power reduction interval. The calculation may optionally include a risk factor. In alternate embodiments, an adjusted power budget for a hardware module may be calculated by an order processing system for information handling systems, or by a planning tool for a data center which contains information handling systems.

Abstract: An authorized information handling system (IHS) generates unique identifier codes for an OEM (programmable) device designed as a component for an IHS. An identifier generation and validation (IGV) controller in the authorized IHS generates a unique encrypted sequence by encrypting identification (ID) data read from the OEM device. The IGV controller generates a unique OEM identifier code by further encrypting the encrypted sequence using a first OEM proprietary code. The IGV controller writes the first identifier code to a pre-specified storage location of the OEM device. According to one embodiment, the IGV controller generates the unique OEM identifier code using a second reversible encryption-decryption component that comprises an Exclusive-OR (XOR) scrambler engine and generates the unique encrypted sequence using a first reversible encryption-decryption component that comprises an LFSR based scrambler, which utilizes polynomial coefficients that are securely generated and maintained.

Abstract: A method validates whether a component/device installed within an information handling system (IHS) is an OEM (original equipment manufacturer) programmed device, by: reading identification (ID) data and an identifier code from the target device; generating a unique encrypted sequence using the ID data; providing a unique validation check code based on the ID data; generating a component validation code corresponding to the target device via a decryption process involving the unique encrypted sequence; and comparing the component validation code to the validation check code. The method further includes: in response to the component validation code matching the validation check code, identifying the target device as an OEM programmed device with a valid identifier code stored as the identifier code; and enabling certain processes reserved for only verified OEM programmed devices. The decryption process reverses an encryption process utilized when generating the unique OEM identifier code of the target device.

Abstract: A method of memory controller-independent memory mirroring includes providing a mirroring association between a first memory segment and a second memory segment that is independent of a memory controller. A memory buffer receives data from the memory controller that is directed to a first memory location in the first memory segment. The memory buffer writes the data, independent of the memory controller, to both the first memory segment and the second memory segment according to the mirroring association. The memory buffer receives a plurality of read commands from the memory controller that are directed to the first memory location in the first memory segment and, in response, reads data from an alternating one of the first memory segment and the second memory segment and stores both first data from the first memory segment and second data from the second memory segment.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a system may include a driver, a plurality of drops, and a plurality of transmission lines, including one transmission line between the driver and one of the plurality of drops and one transmission line between successive adjacent drops. Each particular transmission line of the plurality of transmission lines may be manufactured to have a desired impedance based on a corresponding effective impedance as seen at a drop located on an end of the particular transmission line furthest from the driver in a direction away from the driver.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a circuit board may include a first trace formed in a first layer of the circuit board, a second trace formed in a second layer of the circuit board, a via, and a termination pad. The via may be configured to electrically couple the first trace to the second trace, the via comprising a via stub corresponding to a first portion of a length of the via not within a second portion of the via between a first location in which the first trace is electrically coupled to the via and a second location in which the second trace is electrically coupled to the via. The termination pad may be formed at an end of the via stub opposite at least one of the first location and the second location.

Abstract: A microchannel heat exchanger of an HVAC system may include a plurality of microchannel tubes having fins disposed between at least one pair of adjacent microchannel tubes. The pair of adjacent microchannel tubes may connect a header on each end of the microchannel tubes in fluid communication, and at least one of the microchannel tubes and the fins are oriented substantially parallel with respect to a primary airflow direction of an airflow across the microchannel heat exchanger.

Abstract: In accordance with the present disclosure, a system and method for creating and dynamically maintaining power inventories of an information handling system is presented. A system for creating and dynamically maintaining power inventories of an information handling system may include a memory and a processor. The processor may be operable to generate power inventories for the information handling system and save the power inventories in the memory. Each of the power inventories may correspond to one of the power states of the information handling system. The processor may also be operable to dynamically update each of the saved power inventories in response to changes in the information handling system.

Abstract: A method for managing the power consumption of an information handling system including a processor and an associated cooling system. The method may include providing power to the cooling system based on a performance/power balance setting, accepting a user input to adjust the performance/power balance setting, and adjusting the power provided to the cooling system based on the adjusted performance/power balance setting. The performance/power balance setting may define a balance between performance of the processor and power consumption of the associated cooling system.