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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2006
Chuen-der Lien, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Chau-chin Wu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Tzong-kwang Yeh, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Chuen-Der Lien, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Chau-Chin Wu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Tzong-Kwang Yeh, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Integrated Device Technology, inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A charge recycling integrated circuit and a method for integrated circuit charge recycling. In one aspect, a charge storage collector is interposed between a high voltage supply or a low voltage supply and a function block of the integrated circuit. The charge collector is operable to selectively store a charge dissipated in the function block when the logic circuitry of the function block switches between a high voltage value and a low voltage value. The dissipated charge resulting from the switching in the logic circuitry of the function block is selectively stored to the charge collector and the charge collector selectively returns the charge stored on the charge collector to the high voltage supply, the low voltage supply or to another node in the integrated circuit as appropriate.