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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:
Dec. 29, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
William J Podkowa, Plano, TX (US);
Clark R Williams, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dallas Semiconductor Corp., Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364569 ; 364D / ;
Abstract
An integrated circuit timekeeper, which uses a hybrid hardware/software architecture, wherein the least significant bits are updated in hardware and the more significant bits are updated in software. This hybrid architecture provides improved power efficiency, layout efficiency, and flexibility in reconfiguration.