Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reducing dynamic power consumption of a memory circuit
- Patent Title (中): 降低存储电路的动态功耗
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Application No.: US13528620Application Date: 2012-06-20
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Publication No.: US08743653B1Publication Date: 2014-06-03
- Inventor: Sridhar Narayanan , Sridhar Subramanian , Subodh Kumar , Matthew H. Klein
- Applicant: Sridhar Narayanan , Sridhar Subramanian , Subodh Kumar , Matthew H. Klein
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Xilinx, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Xilinx, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agent Kevin T. Cuenot; Lois D. Cartier
- Main IPC: G11C7/22
- IPC: G11C7/22 ; G11C7/10 ; G11C11/4076

Abstract:
A circuit can include address evaluation circuitry coupled to an address bus of a memory and configured to generate a first control signal responsive to determining that an address on the address bus has not changed for a current clock cycle from a previous clock cycle. The circuit can include write enable evaluation circuitry coupled to the memory and configured to generate a second control signal responsive to determining that a write enable signal of the memory is de-asserted for the current clock cycle and for the previous clock cycle. The circuit can include clock enable circuitry coupled to a clock enable port of the memory and configured to generate a clock enable signal to the clock enable port of the memory responsive to the first control signal and the second control signal.
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