Ultra-low leakage memory architecture

CH Lee, H Liao - US Patent 8,406,075, 2013 - Google Patents
An integrated circuit structure includes an active power supply line and a data-retention
power supply line. A memory macro is connected to the active power supply line and the …

Semiconductor device including retention reset flip-flop

JW Kim, JH Kang, MS Kim, KR Lee - US Patent 10,608,615, 2020 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A semiconductor device may include a master latch that stores an input
data signal, using a local power supply voltage and a clock signal, and outputs the input …

Power-gated retention flops

JP Schreiber, A Grenat - US Patent 8,381,163, 2013 - Google Patents
This invention relates to electronic circuits, and more par ticularly, to storage circuits. 2.
Description of the Related Art During the design of a computing device (eg, traditional …

Power multiplexing with flip-flops

L Cao, J Gemar, R Vilangudipitchai - US Patent 9,673,787, 2017 - Google Patents
Data retention circuitry, such as at least one integrated circuit (IC), is disclosed herein for
power multiplexing with flip-flops having a retention feature. In an example aspect, an IC …

Unified retention flip-flop architecture and control

L Cao, D Bhan, H Pant, R Vilangudipitchai - US Patent 9,665,160, 2017 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Power consumption of electronic devices is an increas ingly important factor
in electronic device design. From a global perspective, energy demands of electronic …

Retention logic for non-volatile memory

CH Hung, NP Kuo, KL Chang, KH Chen… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
An integrated circuit memory device includes an array of non-volatile, charge trapping
memory cells, configured to store data values in memory cells in the array using threshold …

Apparatus and methods for leakage current reduction in integrated circuits

CVA Laurent - US Patent 9,100,002, 2015 - Google Patents
This disclosure relates to leakage current reduction in inte grated circuits (ICs). In one
aspect, an IC can include a digital logic circuit and a polarization circuit. The digital logic cir …

Systems, methods, and apparatuses for complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) driver circuits using shared-charge recycling charge pump structures

J Cha, T Song, C Cho, M Ahn, CH Lee, W Woo… - US Patent …, 2012 - Google Patents
Example driver circuits can utilize shared-charge recycling charge pump structures. In
particular, an example shared charge recycling process may be applied to a clockbuffer and …

Wake-up control circuit for power-gated integrated circuits

J Tejada, C Azcona - US Patent 10,620,676, 2020 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A power gating circuit includes a first transistor to couple a power supply to
a gated power rail after receiving a control signal. The power gating circuit also includes two …

Cross domain voltage glitch detection circuit for enhancing chip security

K Rajpathak, T Raja - US Patent App. 16/294,788, 2020 - Google Patents
A glitch detection circuit includes a supply power glitch detection circuit in a first power
domain and a ratioed inverter in a second power domain different than the first power …