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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2022
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Agostino Macerola, San Benedetto dei Marsi, IT;
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a voltage regulator coupled with a first voltage source, which supplies core memory circuitry. A first transistor is coupled between an output of the voltage regulator and input/output (I/O) circuitry. A second transistor is coupled between a second voltage source and the I/O circuitry, the second voltage source to power a set of I/O buffers. Control logic coupled with gates of the first and second transistors is to perform operations including: causing the second transistor to be activated to permit current to flow from the second voltage source to the I/O circuitry; in response to detecting a current draw from the I/O circuitry that satisfies a first threshold criterion, causing the first transistor to be activated; and causing the second transistor to be deactivated over a time interval during which the I/O circuitry is powered by the first voltage source and the second voltage source.