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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:
May. 26, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward A Burton, Lindon, UT (US);
Farrell L Ostler, Provo, UT (US);
Assignee:
Philips Electronics North America Corp., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ; H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
326 39 ; 326 26 ; 326126 ; 327380 ;
Abstract
An electronic device comprises a circuit that is provided with incrementally modifiable power consumption control means. By applying a program signal to this control means the balance between speed and power consumption is optimized. A PLA circuit considerably benefits from this architecture.