Microprocessor with externally controllable power management
US5630143A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 22, 1994 |
| Grant date | May 13, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 22, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02D10/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A processing unit includes a plurality of subcircuits and circuitry for generating clock signals thereto. Detection circuitry detects the assertion of a control signal and disabling circuitry is operable to disable the clock signals to one or more of the subcircuits responsive to the control signal.
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