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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:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2004
Applicant:
Lavaughn F. Watts, Jr., Temple, TX (US);
Inventors:
LaVaughn F. Watts, Jr., Temple, TX (US);
Steven J. Wallace, Temple, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/324 (2013.01); G06F 1/206 (2013.01); G06F 1/3203 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1217 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1275 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus having a processing unit and a monitor for monitoring activity associated with said processing unit. The monitor enables selective lowering of the frequency of clock signals, or stopping and starting of clock signals, being received by said processing unit in response to a changing level of activity associated with said processing unit.