GB2520290B - Leakage current reduction in an integrated circuit - Google Patents

Leakage current reduction in an integrated circuit

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GB2520290B
GB2520290B GB1320120.7A GB201320120A GB2520290B GB 2520290 B GB2520290 B GB 2520290B GB 201320120 A GB201320120 A GB 201320120A GB 2520290 B GB2520290 B GB 2520290B
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integrated circuit
leakage current
current reduction
reduction
leakage
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Satish Idgunji Sachin
S Sandhu Bal
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ARM Ltd
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ARM Ltd
Advanced Risc Machines Ltd
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    • GPHYSICS
    • G11INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11CSTATIC STORES
    • G11C5/00Details of stores covered by group G11C11/00
    • G11C5/14Power supply arrangements, e.g. power down, chip selection or deselection, layout of wirings or power grids, or multiple supply levels
    • G11C5/148Details of power up or power down circuits, standby circuits or recovery circuits
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H03ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03KPULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K19/00Logic circuits, i.e. having at least two inputs acting on one output; Inverting circuits
    • H03K19/0008Arrangements for reducing power consumption
    • GPHYSICS
    • G05CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05FSYSTEMS FOR REGULATING ELECTRIC OR MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G05F1/00Automatic systems in which deviations of an electric quantity from one or more predetermined values are detected at the output of the system and fed back to a device within the system to restore the detected quantity to its predetermined value or values, i.e. retroactive systems
    • G05F1/10Regulating voltage or current
    • G05F1/46Regulating voltage or current wherein the variable actually regulated by the final control device is dc
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H02GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02MAPPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF
    • H02M3/00Conversion of dc power input into dc power output
    • H02M3/22Conversion of dc power input into dc power output with intermediate conversion into ac
    • H02M3/24Conversion of dc power input into dc power output with intermediate conversion into ac by static converters
    • H02M3/28Conversion of dc power input into dc power output with intermediate conversion into ac by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate ac
    • H02M3/325Conversion of dc power input into dc power output with intermediate conversion into ac by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate ac using devices of a triode or a transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal
    • H02M3/335Conversion of dc power input into dc power output with intermediate conversion into ac by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate ac using devices of a triode or a transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only

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Citations (13)

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WO2005125012A1 (en) * 2004-06-15 2005-12-29 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Adaptive control of power supply for integrated circuits
WO2006026627A2 (en) * 2004-08-31 2006-03-09 Fangtek, Inc. On-chip power regulator for ultrta low leakage current
WO2006035375A2 (en) * 2004-09-30 2006-04-06 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Apparatus and method for high speed voltage regulation
GB2448962A (en) * 2007-05-03 2008-11-05 Advanced Risc Mach Ltd An internal power supply voltage reduction circuit for a CMOS integrated circuit
US20100156520A1 (en) * 2008-12-22 2010-06-24 Panasonic Corporation Reference voltage generator
US20100308919A1 (en) * 2009-06-03 2010-12-09 Jaroslaw Adamski Methods and devices for leakage current reduction
US20110260783A1 (en) * 2010-04-21 2011-10-27 Fujitsu Limited Semiconductor device
US20120126879A1 (en) * 2010-11-23 2012-05-24 Arm Limited Apparatus and method for controlling power gating in an integrated circuit
US20120326772A1 (en) * 2011-06-24 2012-12-27 Arm Limited Integrated circuit with power gating
US20130027123A1 (en) * 2011-07-28 2013-01-31 Sachin Satish Idgunji Voltage regulation of a virtual power rail
US20130328533A1 (en) * 2012-06-11 2013-12-12 Arm Limited Leakage current reduction in an integrated circuit
WO2014078482A1 (en) * 2012-11-14 2014-05-22 Zentrum Mikroelektronik Dresden Ag System-on-chip with dc-dc converters

Patent Citations (13)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20040257126A1 (en) * 2003-06-20 2004-12-23 Choi Jun Gi Active driver
WO2005125012A1 (en) * 2004-06-15 2005-12-29 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Adaptive control of power supply for integrated circuits
WO2006026627A2 (en) * 2004-08-31 2006-03-09 Fangtek, Inc. On-chip power regulator for ultrta low leakage current
WO2006035375A2 (en) * 2004-09-30 2006-04-06 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Apparatus and method for high speed voltage regulation
GB2448962A (en) * 2007-05-03 2008-11-05 Advanced Risc Mach Ltd An internal power supply voltage reduction circuit for a CMOS integrated circuit
US20100156520A1 (en) * 2008-12-22 2010-06-24 Panasonic Corporation Reference voltage generator
US20100308919A1 (en) * 2009-06-03 2010-12-09 Jaroslaw Adamski Methods and devices for leakage current reduction
US20110260783A1 (en) * 2010-04-21 2011-10-27 Fujitsu Limited Semiconductor device
US20120126879A1 (en) * 2010-11-23 2012-05-24 Arm Limited Apparatus and method for controlling power gating in an integrated circuit
US20120326772A1 (en) * 2011-06-24 2012-12-27 Arm Limited Integrated circuit with power gating
US20130027123A1 (en) * 2011-07-28 2013-01-31 Sachin Satish Idgunji Voltage regulation of a virtual power rail
US20130328533A1 (en) * 2012-06-11 2013-12-12 Arm Limited Leakage current reduction in an integrated circuit
WO2014078482A1 (en) * 2012-11-14 2014-05-22 Zentrum Mikroelektronik Dresden Ag System-on-chip with dc-dc converters

Non-Patent Citations (1)

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Title
Chun-Yen, et al, An Integrated Linear Regulator With Fast Output Voltage Transition for Dual-Supply SRAMs in DVFS Systems, IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS, November 2010, Vol 45, Nr 11, Pages 2239-2249. ISSN 0018-9200 (A/N XP011320136) *

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