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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:
Dec. 12, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kevin N Smith, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
713320 ; 712203 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for receiving and processing digital signals. Techniques and apparatus are disclosed for reducing power consumption in digital receiving and processing circuits without manual intervention and without data rate reduction. The digital signal comprises a leading, slower data rate signal and a trailing, faster data rate signal. When the pre-defined leading signal is received, a slower digital-signal processor processes that signal and then activates a faster digital-signal processor which processes the trailing, faster signal. After processing the trailing signal, the faster digital-signal processor is deactivated.