a lower supply voltage in the standby mode and a higher supply voltage in the active mode. FIG. 1 shows a power supply circuit for generating supply voltages in active and standby modes disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 7,532,535. The power supply circuit comprises a first buffer 110, a second buffer 120, a switch 130, and a decoupling capacitor 140. An internal integrated circuit 150 is biased with either the active supply voltage VINTH or the standby supply voltage VINTL. When the semiconductor memory device operates in the standby mode, the standby mode signal PSTBY is activated and the switch 130 is turned off. Thus, the internal integrated circuit 150 is biased with the standby supply voltage VINTL. When the semiconductor memory device switches to operate in the

Pat & I cheesing it up nearly 27 years after we first met. It's one of my favorite pictures of the two of us.

Another New Beginning

It began in the spring of 1988. I was in the middle of tenth grade and my parents made a huge decision to move...again. Being an Army brat, moving was nothing new, but after my father retired we lived in the same house for nine years. And while I was nowhere near popular, I had finally established a solid group of four very good friends...and I was going to lose them. Needless to say, the prospect of moving to a new school district was pretty devastating to me.

So here I was, mid-year in a new school; awkward, incredibly shy, and no friends to