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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:
Jun. 07, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2003
Applicants:
Rong Yin, Coppell, TX (US);
Mehdi Zamanian, Carrollton, TX (US);
Inventors:
Rong Yin, Coppell, TX (US);
Mehdi Zamanian, Carrollton, TX (US);
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics, Inc., Carrollton, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03B001/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and circuit are disclosed for enabling an oscillator circuit to oscillate a predetermined period of time following completion of a power-up operation. The circuit may include a counter having a control for receiving a control signal from a system power-on-reset circuit, and a clock input. A ring oscillator has an output coupled to the clock input of the counter.