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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2011
Applicant:
Dumitru Cioaca, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventor:
Dumitru Cioaca, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G11C 16/30 (2006.01); G06F 1/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/30 (2013.01); G06F 1/26 (2013.01); G06F 1/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
A power supply, and a method of controlling the power supply, in which more or less power capacity of the power supply is activated depending on the state of a digital data signal on a data bus. The power supply has a control circuit which detects the number of 'zero' bits present on the data bus, and responsively activates one or more of a plurality of power supply circuits such as charge pump circuits. The outputs of the charge pump circuits are mutually connected to a driver adapted to program memory cells of a flash memory circuit. A charge pump apparatus and a memory integrated circuit are also described.