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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2022
Applicant:
Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd., Edinburgh, GB;
Inventors:
Donelson A. Shannon, Austin, TX (US);
Jianping Wen, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Cirrus Logic Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 5/14 (2006.01); G11C 17/00 (2006.01); H03K 19/0185 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/018507 (2013.01); G11C 5/14 (2013.01); G11C 17/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system may include a first power domain defined by a first supply rail and a first ground rail, a second power domain defined by a second supply rail and a second ground rail, and a configurable switch coupled between the first ground rail and the second ground rail such that when the configurable switch is enabled, the first ground rail and the second ground rail are electrically shorted to one another and when the configurable switch is disabled, the first ground rail and the second ground rail are electrically isolated from one another.