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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2008
Applicants:
Martin Saint-laurent, Austin, TX (US);
Jentsung Lin, Cardiff by the Sea, CA (US);
Inventors:
Martin Saint-Laurent, Austin, TX (US);
Jentsung Lin, Cardiff by the Sea, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A circuit for reducing sleep state current leakage is described. The circuit includes a hardware unit selected from at least one of a latch, a flip-flop, a comparator, a multiplexer, or an adder. The hardware unit includes a first node. The hardware unit further includes a sleep enabled combinational logic coupled to the first node, wherein a value of the first node is preserved during a sleep state.