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Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021

Filed:

May. 27, 2020
Applicant:

Silicon Motion, Inc., Hsinchu County, TW;

Inventors:

Kuo-Cyuan Kuo, Tainan, TW;

Chih-Chiang Chen, Taichung, TW;

I-Ta Chen, New Taipei, TW;

Assignee:

Silicon Motion, Inc., Hsinchu County, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3296 (2019.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G06F 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3296 (2013.01); G06F 1/04 (2013.01); G06F 13/4221 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0026 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic device comprises a clock request pad, a multiplexer and a control circuit. The clock request pad is arranged to refer to a first control signal to operate under a low voltage level or a high voltage level, to indicate whether the electronic device needs a clock signal generated from a clock generation circuit external to the electronic device. Said multiplexer is arranged to refer to a second control signal to output one of a voltage level of the clock request pad and a predetermined voltage level to function as a multiplexer output signal. The control circuit is coupled to said multiplexer, and refers to said multiplexer output signal to determine whether to control the electronic device to operate in a power-saving mode.


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