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Patent No.:

US 10305471 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 30, 2016

Systems, methods, and apparatuses for temperature and process corner sensitive control of power gated domains

Applicant:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Inventor:

Simon J. Lovett, Meridian, ID (US);

Assignee:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Attorney:

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Primary Examiner:

Lincoln D Donovan

Assistant Examiner:

Colleen J O Toole

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 5/14 (2006.01); G11C 7/04 (2006.01); G11C 7/06 (2006.01); G11C 7/12 (2006.01); G11C 7/22 (2006.01); G11C 8/06 (2006.01); G11C 8/10 (2006.01); G11C 29/02 (2006.01); G11C 29/04 (2006.01); G11C 29/50 (2006.01); H03K 19/00 (2006.01); H03K 17/284 (2006.01); H03K 19/003 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/284 (2013.01); G11C 5/148 (2013.01); G11C 7/04 (2013.01); G11C 7/065 (2013.01); G11C 7/12 (2013.01); G11C 7/22 (2013.01); G11C 8/10 (2013.01); G11C 29/023 (2013.01); G11C 29/028 (2013.01); H03K 19/0016 (2013.01); H03K 19/00384 (2013.01); G11C 8/06 (2013.01); G11C 2029/0409 (2013.01); G11C 2029/5006 (2013.01); H03K 2217/0036 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatuses and methods for temperature and process corner sensitive control of power gated domains are described. An example apparatus includes an internal circuit; a power supply line; and a power gating control circuit which responds, at least in part, to a first change from a first state to a second state of a control signal to initiate supplying a power supply voltage from the power supply line to the internal circuit, and continue supplying the power supply voltage from the power supply line to internal circuit for at least a timeout period from a second change from the second state to the first state of the control signal, in which the timeout period represent temperature dependency.

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