Patent ID: 7539023

Claim:
A power supply to provide power to a motherboard, comprising: a main power connector having a body that includes a plurality of contacts, wherein the main power connector is configured to mate with an another corresponding main power connector on the motherboard in a computer, wherein the other corresponding main power connector is other than an expansion card slot, and wherein the motherboard is coupled to one or more processors; and one or more circuit boards rigidly connected to the main power connector, wherein a first plane including a first circuit board in the one or more circuit boards is substantially parallel to a symmetry plane of the body, rigidly connected includes mechanical connection and electrical connection, the symmetry plane including a direction of insertion of the main power connector when mated with the other corresponding main power connector, wherein the one or more circuit boards include one or more switched mode power supplies to convert an input signal to one or more output signals, and wherein the one or more output signals include voltages in at least a subset of a pre-determined set of voltages.