System and method for keeping time

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6249488
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08790276

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A low power timekeeping system utilizes a state machine to first read seconds stored in a RAM and update seconds and then determine if the minutes requires updating. If the minutes do not require updating then the sequencer stops operation until the next update cycle. Similarly, the minutes, hours, days of the week, date of the month, month, and year are updated only as needed in each update cycle thereby lowering the power requirement needed by the timekeeping system.

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DALLAS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION4350 BELTWOOD PARKWAY SOUTH DALLAS TX 75244

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Podkowa, William J Plano, TX 14 190
Williams, Clark R Plano, TX 22 464

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