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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2021
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/14 (2006.01); G06F 1/28 (2006.01); G06F 1/3203 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/28 (2013.01); G06F 1/14 (2013.01); G06F 1/3203 (2013.01);
Abstract
An embodiment of an integrated circuit may comprise a circuit block and a power management circuit coupled to the circuit block to manage two or more power states for the circuit block and to manage a request for the circuit block to enter a requested power state of the two or more power states, set a watchdog timer in response to the request, and monitor the watchdog timer and a transition of the circuit block from a current power state to the requested power state. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.