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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2015
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Wu-Chin Peng, Hsinchu, TW;
Chun-Yi Lee, Hsinchu, TW;
Ken-Hui Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Kuen-Long Chang, Hsinchu, TW;
Chun Hsiung Hung, Hsinchu, TW;
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
An integrated circuit comprises a power supply input pin receiving an off-chip supply voltage having a variable current, an on-chip power source powered by the off-chip supply voltage and providing a regulated current, a memory array, and a set of one or more circuits coupled to the memory array and powered by the regulated current from the on-chip power source. The IC can include control circuitry performing memory operations on the memory array, said control circuitry powered by at least the off-chip supply voltage from the power supply pin.