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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2003
Applicant:
Scott P. Gary, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Scott P. Gary, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A real-time operating system runs on a processor and dynamically manages the power state of individual circuits or resources with the processor. Thus, if a particular circuit is not needed, power to that circuit can be disabled. If a circuit is shut down, any configuration information or other type of data can be saved before powering off the circuit. Power can be re-enabled to the circuit on a responsive or predictive basis and the configuration information and/or data (collectively referred to as 'state' information) can be reloaded into the circuit.