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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2006
Hugh Thomas Mair, Fairview, TX (US);
James Sangwon Song, Plano, TX (US);
Franck Benjamin Dahan, Nice, FR;
William Douglas Wilson, Dallas, TX (US);
Norman Leroy Culp, Dallas, TX (US);
Sudha Thiruvengadam, Richardson, TX (US);
Hugh Thomas Mair, Fairview, TX (US);
James Sangwon Song, Plano, TX (US);
Franck Benjamin Dahan, Nice, FR;
William Douglas Wilson, Dallas, TX (US);
Norman LeRoy Culp, Dallas, TX (US);
Sudha Thiruvengadam, Richardson, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention includes a system for managing power of a memory array. The system comprises a comparator configured to compare a first voltage with a reference voltage. The first voltage can correspond to an operating voltage of at least one of a peripheral circuit associated with the memory array and a logic circuit configured to communicate with the peripheral circuit. The reference voltage can correspond to a minimum threshold voltage for read/write operations of the memory array. The system also comprises an output circuit configured to provide an output voltage to the memory array in response to an output of the comparator. The output voltage can be the greater of the operating voltage of the at least one of the peripheral circuit and the logic circuit and the minimum threshold voltage.