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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2003
Applicant:
Randy J. Aksamit, Chandler, AZ (US);
Inventor:
Randy J. Aksamit, Chandler, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/289 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In embodiments, a data-retention circuitry comprises data-retention inverters in a feedback loop, an isolation subcircuit to isolate the inverters from a pass-gate subcircuit in response to a sleep signal, and a supply-switching subcircuit to provide current to the data-retention inverters from a supplemental voltage supply through a well tap during a standby mode. The supply-switching subcircuit switches from a regular voltage supply to the supplemental voltage supply in response to the sleep signal.