Method and apparatus for power saving in semiconductor devices

    公开(公告)号:US11967393B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-23

    申请号:US17472542

    申请日:2021-09-10

    发明人: Jian Luo Zhuqin Duan

    IPC分类号: G11C5/14 G06F1/06 G11C11/40

    CPC分类号: G11C5/148 G06F1/06 G11C11/40

    摘要: A semiconductor device includes a clock gating circuit and a control circuit. The clock gating circuit outputs a gated clock signal based on a clock signal. Transitions of the clock signal are output in the gated clock signal in response to a clock enable signal having an enable value and are disabled from being output in the gated clock signal in response to the clock enable signal having a disable value. The control circuit includes a first portion that operates based on the clock signal. The first portion sets the clock enable signal to the disable value in response to a disable control and sets the clock enable signal to the enable value in response to a wakeup control. The control circuit includes a second portion that operates based on the gated clock signal. The second portion provides the disable control to the first portion during an operation.