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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:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2007
Applicant:
Russell Hobson, Glasgow, GB;
Inventor:
Russell Hobson, Glasgow, GB;
Assignee:
Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods, apparatus and computer program products are provided for reducing power consumption in a device. One method includes identifying a plurality of addressable areas for storing data in a volatile memory element of a device and, responsive to a detection of a power condition in the device, enabling power to a first portion of the addressable areas and disabling power to a second portion.