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US07659746B2 Distributed supply current switch circuits for enabling individual power domains
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用于启用各个电源域的分布式电源电流开关电路
- Patent Title: Distributed supply current switch circuits for enabling individual power domains
- Patent Title (中): 用于启用各个电源域的分布式电源电流开关电路
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Application No.: US11228912Application Date: 2005-09-16
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Publication No.: US07659746B2Publication Date: 2010-02-09
- Inventor: Lew G. Chua-Eoan , Matthew Levi Severson , Sorin Adrian Dobre , Tsvetomir P. Petrov , Rajat Goel
- Applicant: Lew G. Chua-Eoan , Matthew Levi Severson , Sorin Adrian Dobre , Tsvetomir P. Petrov , Rajat Goel
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM, Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM, Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agent Howard H. Seo; William M. Hooks
- Main IPC: H03K19/0175
- IPC: H03K19/0175 ; H03K19/094

Abstract:
An integrated circuit includes multiple power domains. Supply current switch circuits (SCSCs) are distributed across each power domain. When a signal is present on a control node within a SCSC, the SCSC couples a local supply bus of the power domain to a global supply bus. An enable signal path extends through the SCSCs so that an enable signal can be propagated down a chain of SCSCs from control node to control node, thereby turning the SCSCs on one by one. When the domain is to be powered up, a control circuit asserts an enable signal that propagates down a first chain of SCSCs. After a programmable amount of time, the control circuit asserts a second enable signal that propagates down a second chain. By spreading the turning on of SCSCs over time, large currents that would otherwise be associated with coupling the local and global buses together are avoided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060184808A1 Distributed supply current switch circuits for enabling individual power domains Public/Granted day:2006-08-17
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