ARM Cortex-M0+ Sleep Modes

The ARM® Cortex®-M0+ core has three sleep modes to reduce power consumption.

  • Normal sleep
  • Deep sleep (Wake up Interrupt Controller - WIC)
    • The Wake up Interrupt Controller (WIC) allows an interrupt to be detected even though the clock to the core is disabled.
  • Deep sleep with State Retention Power Gating support (WIC + SRPG)
    • State Retention Power Gating (SRPG) allows power to be removed from some parts of the core. This helps to reduce the power consumed by transistor leakage.
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Power consumption draw for each mode:

  • Active mode: Leakage + dynamics
  • Sleep mode: Leakage + some dynamics
  • Deep sleep: Leakage
  • Deep Sleep with SRPG: State retention only

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