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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Conrad H. Ziesler, Witmore Lake, MI (US);
Marios C. Papaefthymiou, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 ; G06F 1/32 ; H03L 7/06 ; H03B 2/800 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 ; G06F 1/32 ; H03L 7/06 ; H03B 2/800 ;
Abstract
A clock signal generating circuit includes an oscillator portion that sustains a ramped oscillating clock signal in a memory storage device electrically connected to the oscillator portion, a switch portion that supplements electrical energy to the oscillator portion, and a cycle controller connected to the oscillator portion and the switch portion to supplement energy to the oscillator portion when a peak voltage or current level of the clock signal falls below a predetermined value.