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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:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nathan Y Moyal, Austin, TX (US);
Mark J Marlett, Georgetown, TX (US);
Steven C Meyers, Round Rock, TX (US);
Assignee:
Cypress Semiconductor Corp., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
331 / ; 331 17 ;
Abstract
A circuit and method for preventing an oscillator from oscillating above a first predetermined frequency or below a second predetermined frequency. The present invention may comprise (a) a clock generation circuit configured to generate an output clock signal in response to (i) a reference clock, (ii) one or more control signals and (ii) a reset signal and (b) a control circuit configured to generate said reset signal in response to said one or more control signals.