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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:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2006
David A. Brown, Austin, TX (US);
Hanan Z. Moller, Austin, TX (US);
David A. Brown, Austin, TX (US);
Hanan Z. Moller, Austin, TX (US);
Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
A network processor or other type of processor includes clock generation circuitry which generates one or more clock signals for each of a number of clock domains of the processor. The clock generation circuitry comprises at least one clock generator and at least one control register subject to software-based updating. The clock generation circuitry determines a first clock configuration for the processor based on sampling one or more external clock configuration signal lines of the processor, and configures the clock generator in accordance with the first clock configuration. The clock generation circuitry subsequently determines a second clock configuration for the processor, different than the first clock configuration, based on contents of at least one control register subject to software-based updating, and reconfigures the clock generator in accordance with the second clock configuration.
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