US 11,985,743 B2
Single rail control system with receiver modules
Taniyyus Fahim Syed, Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to Corsair Memory, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US)
Filed by Corsair Memory, Inc., Fremont, CA (US)
Filed on May 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/331,535.
Prior Publication US 2023/0007746 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. H05B 45/3725 (2020.01); H05B 47/18 (2020.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC H05B 45/3725 (2020.01) [H05B 47/18 (2020.01); H05K 7/20172 (2013.01); H05K 7/20209 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A single rail control system with receiver modules (33), associated with a motherboard (21) of a personal computer and a power supply (22), comprising:
a transmitter module (31), including a first microcontroller (311), a control interface (312) associated with the first microcontroller (311), and a data interface (313) associated with the first microcontroller (311), wherein the motherboard (21) is associated with the control interface (312) to access the data of the first microcontroller (311);
a connector module (32), including a power connector (321) provided for electrical connection with the power supply (22), a transmission interface (322) associated with the data interface (313), and at least one emitter interface (323) associated with the power connector (321) and the transmission interface (322); and
at least one of the receiver modules (33), including a second microcontroller (331) associated with the emitter interface (323) of the connector module (32), an LED driver (332) associated with the second microcontroller (331), at least one RGB LED (333) associated with the LED driver (332), and a connector interface (334) associated with the second microcontroller (331), wherein the communication between the first microcontroller (311) and the second microcontroller (331) is bi-directional, the LED driver (332) controlled by the second microcontroller (331) drives the RGB LED (333) to emit light, the power supply (22) provides power to the receiver module (33) through the connector module (32), and the connector interface (334) of the receiver module (33) is associated with the emitter interface (323) of the connector module (32), so that the second microcontroller (331) is controlled by the first microcontroller (311), and the power provided from the power supply (22) is transmitted to the receiver module (33).