Apparatus and method for integrated circuit power management
US7080341B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 9, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jul 18, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 9, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2119/06
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods and/or associated devices and/or systems for providing power management in electronic circuits, including custom ICs, programmable logic devices, and application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) places portions of various power management solutions in the I/O ring or in I/O macros. The invention has numerous specific embodiments and applications to a wide variety of ICs and logic or other circuit design components including circuit modules, software descriptions of circuit modules and/or design or simulation or test systems for circuit development.
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