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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Sureshkumar Govindaraj, Irving, TX (US);
Jose L. Flores, Richardson, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/10 (2006.01); G05F 3/02 (2006.01); H03K 19/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); H03K 17/16 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/0016 (2013.01); G06F 1/26 (2013.01); G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); H03K 17/164 (2013.01);
Abstract
Traditionally, designs have been very conservative on power grid design using higher margins than those needed for safe operation. This is especially true for process driver designs which may not have enough data on process characteristics. This invention allows us to recoup these inefficiencies and to speed up the power up/power down dynamically. This invention sequences plural power supply switches serially or in plural parallel sets as set by a wake up mode.