METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SMOOTHING CURRENT CONSUMPTION IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Patent 1651969

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EP 1 651 969 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	17.11.2005

(43)	Date of publication:
	03.05.2006 Bulletin 2006/18

(21)	Application number: 04778231.3

(22)	Date of filing: 12.07.2004

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G01R 27/28^(1968.09)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2004/022626

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2005/010939 (03.02.2005 Gazette 2005/05)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL HR LT LV MK

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Priority:

17.07.2003 FR 0308735
30.06.2004 US 883203

(71)	Applicant: ATMEL CORPORATION
	San Jose, California 95131 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	VERGNES, Alain F-13530 Trets (FR)

(74)	Representative: Leeming, John Gerard
	J.A. Kemp & Co., 14 South Square, Gray's Inn London WC1R 5JJ London WC1R 5JJ (GB)

(54)	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SMOOTHING CURRENT CONSUMPTION IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT