13.3.3.1 Sleep Modes

Three different sleep modes can be enabled to reduce power consumption.

Idle
The CPU stops executing code, resulting in reduced power consumption.
All peripherals are running, and all interrupt sources can wake the device.
Standby
All high-frequency clocks are stopped unless running in Standby sleep mode is enabled for a peripheral or clock. This is enabled by writing the corresponding RUNSTDBY bit to ‘1’. The power consumption is dependent on the enabled functionality.
A subset of interrupt sources can wake the device(1).
Power-Down
All high-frequency clocks are stopped, resulting in a power consumption lower than the Idle sleep mode.
When operating at temperatures above 70°C, the power consumption can be reduced further by writing the High-Temperature Low Leakage Enable (HTLLEN) bit in the Voltage Regulator Control (SLPCTRL.VREGCTRL) register to ‘1’.
A subset of the peripherals are running, and a subset of interrupt sources can wake the device.(1)
Important: The TWI address match and CCL wake-up sources must be disabled when High-Temperature Low Leakage Enable is activated to avoid unpredictable behavior.
Note:
  1. Refer to the Sleep Mode Activity tables for further information.

Refer to the Wake-up Time section for information on how the wake-up time is affected by the different sleep modes.

Table 13-2. Sleep Mode Activity Overview for Peripherals
PeripheralActive in Sleep Mode
IdleStandbyPower-Down
HTLLEN = 0HTLLEN = 1
CPU
RTCXX(1, 2)X(2)X(2)
WDTXXXX
BODXXXX
EVSYSXXXX
CCLXX(1)
AC
ADC
DAC
ZCD
TCA
TCBn
All other peripheralsX
Note:
  1. For the peripheral to run in Standby sleep mode, the RUNSTDBY bit of the corresponding peripheral must be set.

  2. In Standby sleep mode, only the RTC functionality requires the RUNSTDBY bit to be set.
    In Power-Down sleep mode, only the PIT functionality is available.

Table 13-3. Sleep Mode Activity Overview for Clock Sources
Clock SourceActive in Sleep Mode
IdleStandbyPower-Down
HTLLEN = 0HTLLEN = 1
Main clock sourceXX(1)
RTC clock sourceXX(1, 2)X(2)X(2)
WDT oscillatorXXXX
BOD oscillator(3)XXXX
CCL clock sourceXX(1)
TCD clock sourceX
Note:
  1. For the clock source to run in Standby sleep mode, the RUNSTDBY bit of the corresponding peripheral must be set.

  2. In Standby sleep mode, only the RTC functionality requires the RUNSTDBY bit to be set.
    In Power-Down sleep mode, only the PIT functionality is available.

  3. The Sampled mode only.
Table 13-4. Sleep Mode Wake-up Sources
Wake-Up SourcesActive in Sleep Mode
IdleStandbyPower-Down
HTLLEN = 0HTLLEN = 1
PORT Pin interruptXXX(1)X(1)
BOD VLM interruptXXXX
MVIO interruptsXXXX
RTC interruptsXX(2, 3)X(3)X(3)
TWI Address Match interruptXXX
CCL interruptsXXX(4)
USART Start-Of-Frame interruptX
TCA interruptsXX(2)
TCBn interrupts
ADC interrupts
AC interrupts
ZCD interrupts
All other interruptsX
Note:
  1. The I/O pin must be configured according to the Asynchronous Sensing Pin Properties section in the PORT - I/O Pin Configuration section.
  2. For the peripheral to run in Standby sleep mode, the RUNSTDBY bit of the corresponding peripheral must be set.

  3. In Standby sleep mode, only the RTC functionality requires the RUNSTDBY bit to be set.
    In Power-Down sleep mode, only the PIT functionality is available.

  4. CCL will only wake up the device if the path through LUTn is asynchronous (FILTSEL = 0x0 and EDGEDET = 0x0 in the CCL.LUTnCTRLA register).