67.9 Operation and Power Consumption in Low-Power Modes

The SAM9X7 Series features four low-power modes summarized in Table 67-57. A detailed description of each mode is provided in the following sections.

Table 67-57. Low-Power Modes Summary

Backup Mode

ULP1

ULP0

Idle

VDDBU power

Other power supply inputs

DDR self-refresh

Main crystal oscillator

Main RC oscillator

MAINCK

(main clock)

Source

Main RC osc.

Main RC osc.

User-defined

Status

MCK

(main system bus clock)

Source

MAINCK

User-defined (MD_SLCK, MAINCK, etc.)

User-defined

Status

HCLK (CPU clock)

CPU state

Clocks stopped

WFI

WFI

Mode entry

Use SHDWC to shutdown all power rails except VDDBU

DDR-saved context

DDR self-refreshed

ULP1 bit

DDR-saved context

DDR self-refreshed

WFI

WFI

Wake-up

Sources

RTC alarm

WKUP0 pin

RTC/RTT alarm

USB resume

Wake-On-LAN

WKUP[13:0]

Any non-masked interrupt

Any non-masked interrupt

Event or interrupt sampling clock

MD_SLCK

Asynchronous

User-defined (MCK, periph_clk, etc.)

User-defined

MCK at wake-up

MAINCK (defaults to Main RC osc.)

MAINCK (Main RC osc.)

User-defined

User-defined

Note:
  1. ✓/✗ means either powered/unpowered for a power source, on/off for an oscillator, active/inactive for a clock signal, or in/out of Self-refresh mode for the external SDRAM.