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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2018
Applicant:
Analog Devices Global Unlimited Company, Hamilton, BM;
Inventors:
Jose Tejada, Valencia, ES;
Cristina Azcona, Villava, ES;
Assignee:
Analog Devices Global Unlimited Company, Hamilton, BM;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
A power gating circuit includes a first transistor to couple a power supply to a gated power rail after receiving a control signal. The power gating circuit also includes two or more transistors coupled in parallel with the first switch, the one or more transistors configured to sequentially couple the power supply to the gated power rail according to a sequence determined by a comparator circuit and one or more cascaded latches.