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Circuit, an adjusting method, and use of a control loop

US8258860B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

Atmel Corporation · US

Inventors

Lutz Dathe · Dresden, DE
Matthias Vorwerk · Dresden, DE
Thomas Hanusch · Dresden, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 28, 2009
Grant date	Sep 4, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 28, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11C5/147
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A circuit, an adjusting method, and use of a control loop for adjusting a data retention voltage and/or a leakage current of a CMOS circuit for a sleep mode, wherein the CMOS circuit is operated to control in a measuring mode, whereby in the measuring mode a leakage current exclusively flows through the CMOS circuit, the control loop in the measuring mode adjusts the data retention voltage and/or the leakage current, and the adjustments of the control loop for the sleep mode are stored.

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