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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. 12, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steve Chang, San Jose, CA (US);
Elie Ayache, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Microcircuits, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
327105 ; 327113 ; 327156 ; 327185 ;
Abstract
An improved clock synthesizer system and method therefor is described which uses a plurality of dual function pins to apply a frequency selection code while in a first operating mode and to transmit buffered clock signal while in a second operating mode to accomplish required system functions with a reduced overall pin count.