Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Selective coupling of memory to voltage rails for different operating modes
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Application No.: US15929732Application Date: 2020-05-19
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Publication No.: US11169593B2Publication Date: 2021-11-09
- Inventor: Raghavendra Srinivas , Bharat Kumar Rangarajan , Rajesh Arimilli
- Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Qualcomm Incorporated
- Main IPC: G06F1/00
- IPC: G06F1/00 ; G06F1/3296 ; G06F1/3225 ; G06F1/3234 ; G06F1/324 ; G11C5/14 ; G06F1/3206 ; G06F1/26

Abstract:
Various aspects are described herein. In some aspects, the disclosure provides selective coupling of portions of a memory structure to voltage supplies. Certain aspects provide a computing device. The computing device includes a memory comprising a plurality of portions that are individually power collapsible. The computing device further includes a first voltage rail supplying a first voltage. The computing device further includes a second voltage rail supplying a second voltage. The computing device further includes a plurality of switching circuits, each switching circuit configured to selectively couple a corresponding one of the plurality of portions with the first voltage rail or the second voltage rail. The computing device further includes a controller configured to control each of the plurality of switching circuits based on a current active mode of the memory, and a current operating mode of each of the plurality of portions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200278739A1 DYNAMIC MEMORY POWER MANAGEMENT Public/Granted day:2020-09-03
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