Patent ID: 7835212

Claim:
A circuit comprising: a first group of functionally distinct integrated circuit components configured to be operable during a first time period and to be inactive during at least a portion of a second time period; a second group of functionally distinct integrated circuit components configured to be inactive during at least a portion of the first time period and operable during the second time period; and a power cell located in an area of the circuit proximate to the first group and the second group and coupled with the first group and the second group to supply power to the first group and the second group, wherein the power cell is sized based upon power requirements of the first group, wherein the power cell comprises a power switching component adapted to suppress power supplied to the first group of functionally distinct integrated circuit component when the at least a portion of the second time period occurs and to suppress power supplied to the second group of functionally distinct integrated circuit components when the at least a portion of the first time period occurs.