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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. 11, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
James Conary, Aloha, OR (US);
Vijaya Bandara Wickremarachchi, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 ; G06F 1/28 ; G06F 1/30 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 ; G06F 1/28 ; G06F 1/30 ;
Abstract
An input buffer circuit includes an input buffer. The input buffer has an input adapted to be coupled to an address bus and a power down input. The input buffer circuit further includes power down circuitry adapted to be coupled to an address bus strobe and coupled to the power down input. When the address bus is detected to be idle by the power down circuitry, a power down signal is sent to the power down input. This powers down the input buffer.