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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2004
Applicant:
Kim C. Hardee, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Inventor:
Kim C. Hardee, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Assignees:
United Memories, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A high speed power-gating technique for an integrated circuit device having a Sleep Mode of operation comprises providing an output stage coupled between a supply voltage source and a reference voltage source and driving a gate terminal of least one element of the output stage to a level above that of the supply voltage source or below that of the reference voltage source in the Sleep Mode of operation.