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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:
Mar. 03, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard P Garner, Cameron Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39575004 ; 395430 ; 395494 ;
Abstract
A flash electrically-erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM) array and a method for allowing a host computer to detect a plurality of different power-expending modes into which a storage device may be placed for operation, to select a particular one of those modes to match the power abilities of the host computer, and then to place the storage device in the proper power mode of operation to best function with the host system.