Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Integrated circuit power supply
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Application No.: US17393788Application Date: 2021-08-04
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Publication No.: US11545976B1Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Richard Andrew Paterson , Robert John Harrison
- Applicant: Arm Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Cambridge
- Assignee: Arm Limited
- Current Assignee: Arm Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Main IPC: H03K19/00
- IPC: H03K19/00 ; H03K19/003 ; H03K19/0175

Abstract:
An integrated circuit comprises a power input, digital logic circuitry, a plurality of charge stores, and obscuring circuitry. The charge stores are configured to receive power from the power input, are distributed through the digital logic circuitry and are capable of providing power to the digital logic circuitry. The obscuring circuitry is configured to obscure electromagnetic emissions associated with flow of current in current loops between the plurality of charge stores and the digital logic circuitry by switching between a plurality of different charge store activation patterns, wherein each charge store activation pattern describes a different selection of one or more of the plurality of charge stores providing power to the digital logic circuitry at a given time.
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