Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power controlling integrated circuit cell
- Patent Title (中): 功率控制集成电路单元
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Application No.: US11920364Application Date: 2005-07-25
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Publication No.: US07863778B2Publication Date: 2011-01-04
- Inventor: David Walter Flynn , David William Howard , Dhrumil Gandhi , John Philip Biggs
- Applicant: David Walter Flynn , David William Howard , Dhrumil Gandhi , John Philip Biggs
- Applicant Address: GB Cambridge
- Assignee: ARM Limited
- Current Assignee: ARM Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- International Application: PCT/GB2005/002902 WO 20050725
- International Announcement: WO2007/012788 WO 20070201
- Main IPC: H01H9/54
- IPC: H01H9/54 ; G06F1/00
Abstract:
A power controlling integrated circuit cell is provided within an integrated circuit power grid to selectively couple an unswitched power supply input to a switched power supply output. The power controlling integrated circuit cell also includes a power control signal input and a power control signal output for supporting the distribution through the integrated circuit of the power control signal. The power controlling integrated circuit cell has a power switching circuit responsive to a power control input signal received at the power control signal input to selectively connect the switched power supply output to the unswitched power supply input, and a power control signal buffer circuit responsive to the switched power supply output to drive a power control output signal from the power control signal output.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090066164A1 Power Controlling Integrated Circuit Cell Public/Granted day:2009-03-12
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