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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:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas N Indermaur, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Matthew L Biggio, Fort Collins, CO (US);
William Weiner, Llama Lane Windsor, CO (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3645283 ; 36452832 ; 364707 ; 702 60 ; 702186 ; 39575001 ; 39575003 ; 39575006 ;
Abstract
A method and structure of power balancing is capable of simultaneously minimizing maximum power while also reducing the step load of any electronic system, subsystem, or device having one or more functional units or resources that are not in constant use and that are therefore capable of being selectively powered-down or powered-up.