20.6. Functional Description
20.6.1. Terminology
The following is a list of terms used to describe the Power Managemement features of this
microcontroller.
20.6.1.1. Performance Levels
To help balance between performance and power consumption, the device has two performance levels.
Each of the performance levels has a maximum operating frequency and a corresponding maximum
consumption in µA/MHz.
It is the application's responsibility to configure the appropriate PL depending on the application activity
level. When the application selects a new PL, the voltage applied on the full logic area moves from one
value to another. This voltage scaling technique allows to reduce the active power consumption while
decreasing the maximum frequency of the device.
PL0
Performance Level 0 (PL0) provides the maximum energy efficiency configuration.
for details on energy consumption and maximum operating frequency.
PL2
Performance Level 2 (PL2) provides the maximum operating frequency.
for details on energy consumption and maximum operating frequency.
20.6.1.2. Power Domains
In addition to the supply domains, such as VDDIO and VDDANA, the device provides these power
domains:
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PDTOP
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PDBACKUP
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PDTOP
PDTOP contains all controllers located in the core domain. It is powered when in Active, Idle or Standby
mode. When in Backup of Off mode, this domain is completely powered down.
PDBACKUP
The Backup Power Domain (PDBACKUP) is always on, except in the off sleep mode. It contains the
32KHz oscillator sources, the Supply Controller, the Reset Controller, the Real Time Counter, and the
Power Manager itself.
20.6.1.3. Sleep Modes
The device can be set in a sleep mode. In sleep mode, the CPU is stopped and the peripherals are either
active or idle, according to the sleep mode depth:
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Idle sleep mode: The CPU is stopped. Synchronous clocks are stopped except when requested.
The logic is retained.
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Standby sleep mode: The CPU is stopped as well as the peripherals.
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Backup sleep mode: Only the backup domain is kept powered to allow few features to run (RTC,
32KHz clock sources, and wake-up from external pins).
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Off sleep mode: The entire device is powered off.
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