Patent ID: 7017048

Claim:
A circuit configuration for generating current pulses in the supply current of an integrated circuit, comprising: connections for receiving supply potentials; at least one switching unit including two complementary controllable switching elements connected in series between said connections for receiving the supply potentials, said two complementary controllable switching elements including a pull-up switching element having a control terminal and a pull-down switching element having a control terminal, said switching unit having an input terminal that is driven by a first control signal having a rising edge and a falling edge, said input terminal connected to said control terminal of said pull-up switching element and said control terminal of said pull-down switching element; a delay element configured between said input terminal and a control terminal, selected from the group consisting of said control terminal of said pull-up switching element and said control terminal of said pull-down switching element, so that a current pulse is generated in an event selected from the group consisting of the rising edge of the first control signal and the falling edge of the first control signal.