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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2006
Applicants:
Giao Pham, Portland, OR (US);
Nintunze Novat, Portland, OR (US);
Inventors:
Giao Pham, Portland, OR (US);
Nintunze Novat, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In general, in one aspect, the disclosure describes a programmable power gating circuit that includes a reference voltage generator to generate a reference voltage and a voltage selector, coupled between a voltage source and active circuitry, to gate application of the voltage source to the active circuitry and provide a certain voltage to the active circuitry when the active circuitry is in a reduced capacity mode. The certain voltage is based on the reference voltage.