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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:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2004
Applicant:
Erin Dean Francom, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Inventor:
Erin Dean Francom, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
One embodiment is a clock gater circuit comprising an inverter block for driving an output clock signal responsive at least in part to an input clock signal that is selectively driven via a clock generator circuit to an input node of the inverter block responsive to a qualifier signal. Also included is circuitry for restoring a logic level at the input node of the inverter block to a particular value, the circuitry operating responsive to the qualifier signal.