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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. 26, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bart R McDaniel, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Lawrence T Clark, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36523006 ; 365226 ;
Abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention provides a circuit that includes a core circuit and a control circuit coupled to the core circuit. The control circuit reduces a leakage current in the core circuit when the core circuit is in a Sleep mode. The control circuit maintains a logic state of the core circuit when the core circuit is in a Drowsy mode.