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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2009
Applicants:
Lutz Dathe, Dresden, DE;
Matthias Vorwerk, Dresden, DE;
Thomas Hanusch, Coswig, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A circuit, an adjusting method, and use of a control loop for adjusting a data retention voltage and/or a leakage current of a CMOS circuit for a sleep mode, wherein the CMOS circuit is operated to control in a measuring mode, whereby in the measuring mode a leakage current exclusively flows through the CMOS circuit, the control loop in the measuring mode adjusts the data retention voltage and/or the leakage current, and the adjustments of the control loop for the sleep mode are stored.