Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for reducing leakage power of a circuit
- Patent Title (中): 减少电路漏电功率的装置和方法
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Application No.: US13715624Application Date: 2012-12-14
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Publication No.: US09207750B2Publication Date: 2015-12-08
- Inventor: Gururaj K. Shamanna , Stefan Rusu , Phani Kumar Kandula , Sankalan Prasad , Mandar R. Ranade , Narayanan Natarajan , Tessil Thomas
- Applicant: Intel Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Green, Howard & Mughal, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F1/32
- IPC: G06F1/32

Abstract:
Described is a processor comprising: a plurality of transistors operable to provide dynamically adjustable transistor size, the plurality of transistors coupled at one end to a first power supply and coupled at another end to a second power supply; a circuit coupled to the second power supply, the second power supply to provide power to the circuit; and a power control unit (PCU) to monitor the level of the first power supply, and to dynamically adjust the transistor size of the plurality of transistors so that the second power supply is adjusted to keep the circuit operational.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140173317A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING LEAKAGE POWER OF A CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2014-06-19
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