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US 2013/0212408 A1Published application
Regulating a clock frequency of a peripheral
OwnerKenneth W. Fernaldinventor
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Abstract
A method of communicating in an electronic system or apparatus is disclosed. The method includes using a processor to communicate with a peripheral. The processor has a power state. The method also includes regulating a clock frequency of the peripheral, where this regulation is based at least in part on the power state of the processor.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- in a first power state of a processor, using the processor to communicate with a peripheral;
- and
- regulating a clock frequency of the peripheral based at least in part on a power state of the processor.
An apparatus comprising:
- a peripheral;
- a processor adapted to communicate with the peripheral,
- wherein the peripheral is adapted to regulate a clock frequency of the peripheral based at least in part on a power state of the processor.
An apparatus comprising:
- an integrated circuit comprising a processor and a peripheral, wherein:
- the processor is adapted to communicate with the peripheral and the peripheral is adapted to regulate a clock frequency of the peripheral based at least in part on a power state of the processor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.