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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 30, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Razvan Peter Figuli, Remchingen, DE;

Cedric Lichtenau, Stuttgart, DE;

Stefan Payer, Stuttgart, DE;

Michael Klein, Schoenaich, DE;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/14 (2006.01); H03K 21/10 (2006.01); H03K 19/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/14 (2013.01); H03K 19/20 (2013.01); H03K 21/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes obtaining a trigger signal directed to a component in a subset of components of an electronic circuit, and activating a clock corresponding with the subset of components of the electronic circuit for a preliminary period in response to the trigger signal. An active period is determined based on the trigger signal. The clock remains active for the active period. One of a timer or counter is initiated for the active period. A limit is defined for the one of the timer or counter. The active period is dynamically extended for a busy period after the one of the timer or counter is initiated. The clock is deactivated following the active period.


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