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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2002
Applicants:
Joern Soerensen, Aars, DK;
Michael Allen, Austin, TX (US);
Palle Birk, Gistrup, DK;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F001/32 ; G06F001/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A dynamic power controller is provided that identifies a clock frequency requirement of a processor and determines a voltage requirement to support the clock frequency requirement. The dynamic power controller transitions the processor to a power state defined by the clock frequency requirement and the voltage requirement. In particular, a voltage level indicated by the voltage requirement is supplied to the processor and the frequency distribution indicated by the frequency requirement is provided to the clocks signals of the processor.