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PALCE16V8 and PALCE16V8Z Families

maintain the states held before the device went into the standby mode. There is no speed

penalty associated with coming out of standby mode.

When any input switches, the internal circuitry is fully enabled, and power consumption returns

to normal. This feature results in considerable power savings for operation at low to medium

Product-Term Disable

On a programmed PALCE16V8Z, any product terms that are not used are disabled. Power is cut

graph, product-term disabling results in considerable power savings. This saving is greater at the

higher frequencies.

Further hints on minimizing power consumption can be found in a separate document entitled,

Minimizing Power Consumption with Zero-Power PLDs.