Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices – circuits – and – Specific identifiable device – circuit – or system – With specific source of supply or bias voltage
Reexamination Certificate
2008-07-25
2010-11-23
Donovan, Lincoln (Department: 2816)
Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and
Specific identifiable device, circuit, or system
With specific source of supply or bias voltage
C327S565000, C365S229000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07839207
ABSTRACT:
An integrated circuit, including: (i) a power gated circuit which power supply is shut down during a low-power period; (ii) a retention circuit, coupled to the power gated circuit during at least a portion of a non-low-power period, the retention circuit is adapted to store, during the low-power period, state information reflecting a state of the power gated circuit before the low-power period started; (iii) a first portion of the power grid, coupled to the retention circuit and to a first end of a power supply switch, adapted to provide to the retention circuit a supply voltage during the low-power period and during a non-low-power period; wherein the power supply switch is open during the low-power period and is closed during the non-low-power period; and (iv) a second portion of the power grid, coupled to a second end of the power supply switch and to the power gated circuit; adapted to supply a gated supply voltage to the power gated circuit during the non-low-power period. The first portion of the power grid is characterized by intrinsic capacitance that is larger that the intrinsic capacitance of the second portion of the power grid.
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Elazary Avi
Lavi Moshe
Sofer Sergey
Donovan Lincoln
Englund Terry L
Freescale Semiconductor Inc.
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