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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Olivier Husson, Nantes, FR;
Thierry Gourbilleau, Le Loroux-Bottereau, FR;
Bernard Coloma, Nantes, FR;
Assignee:
Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 5/14 (2006.01); G11C 11/40 (2006.01); G11C 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 5/14 (2013.01); G11C 5/148 (2013.01); G11C 7/04 (2013.01); G11C 11/40 (2013.01); G11C 2207/2227 (2013.01); G11C 2207/2254 (2013.01);
Abstract
A microcontroller system is determining to exit a power saving mode and, in response, enable a reference current source to begin providing a reference current for a memory module. The microcontroller system determines that the reference current has reached a substantial fraction of a target reference current, and, in response to determining that the reference current has reached a substantial fraction of the target reference current, enables the memory module to begin performing one or more memory operations.