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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. 09, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven E Wells, Citrus Heights, CA (US);
Virgil Niles Kynett, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Terry L Kendall, Placerville, CA (US);
Richard Garner, Cameron Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395750 ; 395560 ;
Abstract
A control circuit for a computer component circuit which includes oscillator apparatus for providing square wave pulses at a prescribed frequency, gating apparatus for providing the square wave pulses at an output terminal for use as a clock for the component circuit, timing apparatus for sensing a period during which the component circuit has not performed an operation, and apparatus for disabling the gating apparatus for providing the square wave pulses at an output terminal.