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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2010
Adebabay M. Bekele, San Jose, CA (US);
Aman Sewani, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Xuewen Jiang, Chandler, AZ (US);
Adebabay M. Bekele, San Jose, CA (US);
Aman Sewani, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Xuewen Jiang, Chandler, AZ (US);
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of an integrated circuit includes a local circuit block, a first power supply for supplying power to a first terminal of the local circuit block, a second power supply for supplying power to a second terminal of the local circuit block, a first transmission gate coupled between the second terminal of the local circuit block and a current path from the second power supply, and a second transmission gate coupled between the current path from the second power supply and a gate of a p-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (PMOS) transistor in the first transmission gate, the second transmission gate including a single transistor.