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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2004
Ho-ming Leung, Cupertino, CA (US);
Remi C. Lenoir, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Zoltan Toth, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Daniel S. Perrin, Fresno, CA (US);
Eric Hung, San Jose, CA (US);
Timothy J. Wilson, Oldham, GB;
Ho-Ming Leung, Cupertino, CA (US);
Remi C. Lenoir, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Zoltan Toth, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Daniel S. Perrin, Fresno, CA (US);
Eric Hung, San Jose, CA (US);
Timothy J. Wilson, Oldham, GB;
LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus comprising a first portion, a second portion and a processor. The first portion is configured to generate a count signal in response to a number of oscillations of a clock signal. The first portion is powered by an unswitched power source. The second portion is configured to generate an interrupt signal in response to the count signal and a predetermined stored value. The second portion is powered by a switched power source. The processor is configured to (i) receive the interrupt signal and (ii) generate the switched power.