Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Low leakage circuits, devices, and techniques
- Patent Title (中): 低泄漏电路,器件和技术
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Application No.: US13763190Application Date: 2013-02-08
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Publication No.: US09160312B2Publication Date: 2015-10-13
- Inventor: Mark Alan Lemkin
- Applicant: DUST NETWORKS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Hayward
- Assignee: DUST NETWORKS, INC.
- Current Assignee: DUST NETWORKS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Hayward
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Main IPC: G06F1/00
- IPC: G06F1/00 ; H03K3/011 ; G11C11/417 ; G11C5/14

Abstract:
An integrated circuit includes circuitry organized into sub-blocks, and power supply selection circuitry operative to selectively adjust the connectivity of power supply terminals of the sub-blocks. When the integrated circuit is operating in an active mode, the power supply selection circuitry couples the sub-blocks in parallel between upper and lower active-mode power supplies; when the integrated circuit is operating in a standby mode, the power supply selection circuitry couples two or more sub-blocks in series between upper and lower standby-mode power supplies. Additionally, in standby mode, isolation circuitry within a sub-block is activated to isolate circuitry within the sub-block from input or output terminals of the sub-block.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130257500A1 LOW LEAKAGE CIRCUITS, DEVICES, AND TECHNIQUES Public/Granted day:2013-10-03
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