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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Lior Binyamini, Haifa, IL;
Lidar Herooti, Haifa, IL;
Noam Jungmann, Ramat Hahayal, IL;
Elazar Kachir, Haifa, IL;
Donald W. Plass, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Hezi Shalom, Haifa, IL;
Israel Wagner, Haifa, IL;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A circuit comprising a first power supply having a first voltage and a second power supplying having a second voltage, wherein said first and second voltages are different at least in some cycles of said circuit, a memory element, wherein said first and second power supplies are driven into said memory element, a voltage comparator having connected thereto said first and second power supplies, wherein said voltage comparator is an analog to digital converter configured to provide digital output indicting of a voltage difference over a predetermined threshold between said first and second power supplies, and a supply selector element, wherein said supply selector element is configured to disconnect said second power supply from said memory element in response to the digital output of said voltage comparator.