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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:
Jun. 06, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
David A Leak, Rancho Cordova, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395750 ; 365227 ; 3642732 ; 3642731 ; 3642733 ; 364240 ; 364264 ; 3642645 ; 364244 ; 364D / ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for using address transition detection in a device to reduce power consumption. An address transition detection and power reduction circuit for the device detects address transitions on an address bus. The address transition detection circuit enables circuits for processing the new data for the new address transition. Thereafter, the device processes the new address. The address transition detection and power reduction circuit then disables the circuits for processing the address transition to reduce DC power consumption until the next address transition is detected.