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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:
Nov. 10, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark A Taylor, Cupertino, CA (US);
Samson K Toy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Tandem Computers Incorporated, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
327143 ; 327198 ;
Abstract
A supply voltage monitor for providing an indication of a supply voltage level considered safe for electronic circuit operation includes a supervisory or guard circuit that blocks the output of the monitor in favor of a secondary output for those periods of time when the monitor is considered to not be able of providing a valid reflection of supply voltage status.