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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2015
Maciej Bajkowski, Austin, TX (US);
Jan-michael Huber, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Ravi Venkatesa, Austin, TX (US);
Maciej Bajkowski, Austin, TX (US);
Jan-Michael Huber, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Ravi Venkatesa, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
According to one general aspect, an apparatus may include a plurality of voltage boosted circuits. Each voltage boosted circuit may include a power gater configured to select between an array supply voltage and a second voltage, wherein the second supply voltage is greater than the array supply voltage. Each voltage boosted circuit may include may also include a distributed boost capacitor configured to generate, in part, the second supply voltage. Each distributed boost capacitor may be physically located throughout a boosting network. Each voltage boosted circuit may further include a driver configured to generate an electrical signal based upon, as selected by the power-gater, either the array supply voltage or the second supply voltage.