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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:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B 1/900 ;
Abstract
A power consumption reduction circuit includes a clock frequency downconverting circuit. The clock frequency downconverting circuit downconverts a frequency of a CK signal, which is inputted, when a POR signal inputted is asserted, and outputs the CK signal to an IC selection circuit. In addition, if the POR signal inputted is negated, the clock frequency downconverting circuit outputs the CK signal inputted as it is to the IC selection circuit. A signal outputted from the clock frequency downconverting circuit is supplied to a plurality of ICs through the IC selection circuit.