Fortemedia, Inc.

Sho-Mo Chen

Fei Ye

Feng Yang

Methods and apparatus are disclosed for controlling power distribution during transitory power-up period of multi-domain electronic circuits that are supplied by multiple power supplies. The power distribution is controlled by self-regulating power control circuits that operate based on power-up sequencing requirements. Described embodiments of the invention illustrate examples of power-switch and power-switch controller circuits used as elements of the power control circuitry.

Power distribution control circuit for multi-power domain electronic circuits

Disclosed methods and apparatus provide embedded memory architectures that lower the overall operational power consumption of memory arrays without sacrificing memory access speed. Because in large memory arrays the leakage current is a considerable portion of the overall power consumption, leakage reduction in memory arrays, manufactured by advanced processing technologies, is a major challenge. To reduce leakage, methods and apparatus are presented for memory access and for power- and ground-supply monitoring and management at memory sub-array level.

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Cupertino, CA, United States of America

Sho-Mo Chen