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Patent No.:

US 8595541 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2008

Data processing modules requiring different average clock frequencies having a common clock and a clock gating circuit for deleting clock pulses applied to the modules at times consistent with data sourcing and sinking capabilities

Applicant:

Paul Rowland, Hertfordshire, GB;

Inventor:

Paul Rowland, Hertfordshire, GB;

Assignee:

Imagination Technologies, Ltd., Kings Langlet, Hartfordshire, GB;

Attorneys:

Michael S. Garrabrants

ArtesynIP, Inc.

Primary Examiner:

Thomas Lee

Assistant Examiner:

Aurel Prifti

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and apparatus are provided for docking data processing modules, which require differing average clock frequencies, and for transferring data between the modules. This comprises a means for providing a common dock signal to modules. Clock pulses are deleted from the common clock signal to individual modules in dependence on the docking frequency required by each module. Clock pulses are applied to modules between which data is to be transferred at times consistent with the data transfer.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Rowland, Paul. (2013). Data processing modules requiring different average clock frequencies having a common clock and a clock gating circuit for deleting clock pulses applied to the modules at times consistent with data sourcing and sinking capabilities (U.S. Patent No. 8595541). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8595541

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