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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2006
Applicant:
Timothy James Ramsdale, Cambridge, GB;
Inventor:
Timothy James Ramsdale, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04J 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a multimedia system, a method and system for input/output pads in a mobile multimedia processor are provided. Input, output, and/or bidirectional pads in a host bus interface and/or a slave bus interface may be configured to provide bypass capabilities when a mobile multimedia processor is powered down or hibernating. The pads may be adapted to provide pull-up and pull-down capabilities. The pull-up and pull-down capabilities may be dynamically programmed.