Integrated circuit with switched capacitor network for recycling power
US6605972B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 26, 2002 |
| Grant date | Aug 12, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 26, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F1/10
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for recycling power in an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes a plurality of nets and a switched capacitor network. The plurality of nets includes a first logic net having a tendency to repetitively switch between logic high and low states during normal operation of the integrated circuit. The switched capacitor network includes a plurality of capacitors, which are selectively decoupled from the plurality of nets, selectively coupled to the first logic net in parallel with one another, and selectively coupled to at least one of the nets in series with one another.
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