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Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2007

Filed:

Aug. 27, 2003
Applicants:

Ruban Kanapathippillai, Dublin, CA (US);

Kumar Ganapathy, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Thu Nguyen, Saratoga, CA (US);

Siva Venkatraman, San Jose, CA (US);

Earle F. Philhower, Iii, Union City, CA (US);

Manoj Mehta, Laguna Hills, CA (US);

Kenneth Malich, Norco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ruban Kanapathippillai, Dublin, CA (US);

Kumar Ganapathy, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Thu Nguyen, Saratoga, CA (US);

Siva Venkatraman, San Jose, CA (US);

Earle F. Philhower, III, Union City, CA (US);

Manoj Mehta, Laguna Hills, CA (US);

Kenneth Malich, Norco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/003 (2006.01); H03K 17/16 (2006.01); G11C 27/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Bus state keepers to maintain a steady state of an inactive bus to conserve power. In one embodiment of the invention, the bus state keepers include a plurality of multiplexers and a plurality of flip flops. The plurality of flip flops to store a state of a bus in response to a select signal.


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