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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2009
Filed:
May. 31, 2006
Farzan Fallah, San Jose, CA (US);
Afshin Abdollahi, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Massoud Pedram, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Farzan Fallah, San Jose, CA (US);
Afshin Abdollahi, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Massoud Pedram, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method for power mode transition in a multi-threshold complementary metal oxide semiconductor (MTCMOS) circuit includes clustering logic cells in the circuit to a number of logic clusters and optimizing wake-up times of the logic clusters to reduce a total turn-on time of the circuit while keeping below a predetermined threshold a sum of currents flowing from the circuit to ground, a sum of currents flowing from a supply voltage to the circuit, or both during a transition by the circuit from sleep mode to active mode.