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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:
May. 26, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Glen E Shires, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Lucid, Inc. (formerly Portable Computer), Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
375111 ; 375119 ; 377 78 ; 377107 ; 307470 ;
Abstract
A synchronous digital system is disclosed which includes a system clock, a first and a second subsystem, each having a clock input, and a circuit for disabling the clock input to the second subsystem on a regular basis. The effective clock rate of the second subsystem is a fraction of the effective clock rate of the first subsystem.