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US 9,871,507 B1Granted
Generating an overdrive voltage for power switch circuitry
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsVictor Zyuban, Shingo Suzuki
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AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsVictor Zyuban, Shingo Suzuki
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Techniques are disclosed relating to generating an overdrive voltage for power switch circuitry. In some embodiments, the value of the overdrive voltage is adjusted dynamically in order to reduce leakage current during power gating. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a power switch circuit element configured to gate power to circuitry in the apparatus based on a control signal. In some embodiments, the power switch circuit element is powered by a supply voltage. In some embodiments, the apparatus also includes control circuitry configured to generate the control voltage at a different voltage level than the supply voltage, based on comparison of leakage current of ones of a plurality of replicas of the power switch circuit element. In some embodiments, the replicas are configured to receive different reference voltages as respective replica control signals. In various embodiments, the disclosed techniques may generate overdrive voltages that reduce leakage current during power gating.
An apparatus, comprising:
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon design information that specifies a design of at least a portion of a hardware integrated circuit in a format recognized by a semiconductor fabrication system that is configured to use the design information to produce the circuit according to the design, including:
A method, comprising:
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