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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thierry Giovinazzi, Aix en Provence, FR;
David Naura, Aix en Provence, FR;
Assignee:
SGS-Thomson Microelectronics SA, Gentilly, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
327143 ;
Abstract
A neutralization device to reset or inhibit at least certain electronic functions of an integrated circuit depending on the level of the supply voltage Vdd comprises a conditional feedback means to deactivate it especially in standby mode and then eliminate its consumption, and to reactivate it for certain modes of operation of the integrated circuit.