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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2011
Applicants:
Jason J. Mangattur, Thornhill, CA;
Richard W. Fung, Thornhill, CA;
Marcus NG, East York, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ATI Technologies ULC, Markham, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A low power biasing circuit for powering up split-rail electronic circuits includes an intermediate voltage generator at each pad which is supplied by a temporary supply voltage to generate a temporary intermediate voltage only when a power signal indicates that all external voltage rails are not safe, thereby reducing power consumption.