3.8 picoPower^® Technology

The increasing usage of battery and signal line powered applications demand low-power solutions. The most innovative picoPower® technology being used in the ultra-low power 8-bit AVR XMEGA microcontroller’s architecture achieves the industry’s lowest power consumption. Sleep is often considered the most important low-power mode. The picoPower technology employs the below important techniques which result in the lowest sleep mode power consumption.