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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:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald W Smith, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jack H Choquette, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
SandCraft, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
710 60 ; 713400 ;
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a state machine that receives as input a clock signal and determines a frequency relationship between circuits. The state machine generates outputs that control buffer circuits. The buffer circuits latch signals input to them until the output signals from the state machine cause the buffer circuits to latch new input signals. The buffer circuits are used to latch data until that data can be used appropriately.