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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2008
Applicants:
Manish Biyani, Chandler, AZ (US);
Franco Ricci, Chandler, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Manish Biyani, Chandler, AZ (US);
Franco Ricci, Chandler, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Marvell International, Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device can include 1) a sustained or constantly powered low leakage latch to and from which a volatile state is uploaded and downloaded, respectively, based on an active-to-low signal, and 2) an intermittently powered or de-powerable memory element, coupled to the low leakage latch, from which and to which the volatile state is uploaded and downloaded, respectively, based on the active-to-low signal and a de-powerable voltage across the de-powerable memory element is powered and un-powered, respectively.