METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A VARIABLE PROCESSING PERIOD IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Patent 1676192

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EP 1 676 192 A2

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(43)	Date of publication:
	05.07.2006 Bulletin 2006/27

(21)	Application number: 04795572.9

(22)	Date of filing: 15.10.2004

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G06F 1/00^(1968.09)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2004/034429

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2005/043299 (12.05.2005 Gazette 2005/19)

(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:

24.10.2003 FR 0312485
04.06.2004 US 861682

(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 A VARIABLE PROCESSING PERIOD IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT