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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:
Mar. 05, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2008
Applicants:
Marc Stimak, Austin, TX (US);
Terry C. Brown, Austin, TX (US);
Mike Minnick, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Frankfurt GmbH, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/406 (2005.12); G11C 11/4076 (2005.12); G11C 7/22 (2005.12); G11C 8/18 (2005.12); G06F 1/04 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a method, system and apparatus for management of dynamic memory in battery-powered devices, information is stored in dynamic memory, such as SDRAM chips. Chip partitioning minimizes the number of chips requiring power, minimum refresh rates reduce the power needed to maintain information, and a threshold for determining when to power down a battery powered device are used to maximize battery life.