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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2006
Applicants:
Mark R. Gehring, Portland, OR (US);
Nathan Moyal, West Linn, OR (US);
Inventors:
Mark R. Gehring, Portland, OR (US);
Nathan Moyal, West Linn, OR (US);
Assignee:
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a system with an intermittently operating radio, the frequency of which is controlled by a Phase Locked Loop (PLL), a method and system for reducing the power consumed by the PLL by tri-stating the control capacitor in the PLL after the PLL has stabilized at a design frequency. After the capacitor is stabilized, power to some of the components in the PLL is reduced.