Power control of an integrated circuit including an array of interconnected configurable logic elements
US8497702B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 20, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jul 30, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 20, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03K19/17788
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An integrated circuit (8) comprising an array (10) of interconnected configurable logic elements (12), such as an FPGA array, is provided. The logic elements are used to form a power controller (14) which separately controls the power state of different regions of the array. Each region of the array contains one or more logic elements. Each region has a corresponding region controller (16) responsive to one or more power signals generated by the power controller to switch that region into the requested power state.
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