SHORT-RESISTANT OUTPUT PIN CIRCUITRY
    2.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170222430A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-03

    申请号:US15012723

    申请日:2016-02-01

    CPC classification number: H02H9/02 G01R31/025 G01R31/2853 H01L23/62

    Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) is disclosed herein for short-resistant output pin circuitry. In an example aspect, an integrated circuit includes a short-resistant pin and an adjacent pin. The integrated circuit also includes a short-resistant pad that is coupled to the short-resistant pin and an adjacent pad that is coupled to the adjacent pin. The integrated circuit further includes short-resistant circuitry that is coupled to the short-resistant pad and the adjacent pad. The short-resistant circuitry is implemented to detect a short-circuit condition between the short-resistant pin and the adjacent pin and to reduce an effect of the short-circuit condition on the short-resistant pin.

    Digital duty-cycle monitoring of a periodic signal

    公开(公告)号:US10901020B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-26

    申请号:US16118280

    申请日:2018-08-30

    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system including a duty-cycle-monitoring circuit is configured to receive a monitored signal having cycles that have a high portion and a low portion. The duty-cycle-monitoring circuit includes: a cascade of buffers including a first buffer, wherein the first buffer is configured to receive a first signal based on the monitored signal, a plurality of corresponding flip-flops. Each flip-flop is triggered by a second signal based on the monitored signal. The data input of each flip-flop is connected to an output of a corresponding buffer. The duty-cycle-monitoring circuit further includes a control circuit configured to determine, based on a state of the plurality of flip-flops, a measure of the duration of the high portion of a cycle of the monitored signal and determine, based on a state of the plurality of flip-flops, a measure of duration of the low portion of a cycle of the monitored signal.

    Adjust voltage for thermal mitigation

    公开(公告)号:US10103714B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-16

    申请号:US15058001

    申请日:2016-03-01

    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods to adjust voltage for thermal mitigation are provided. The apparatus includes a circuit, a plurality of switches configured to provide power of a power domain to the circuit, a plurality of thermal sensors disposed at different locations about the circuit and configured to detect temperatures at the different locations, and a control circuit configured to determine that one of the detected temperatures at one of the locations exceeds a temperature threshold, and in response, adjust one or more of the plurality of switches in proximity with the one location to reduce power provided to the circuit. The method includes providing power of a power domain through a plurality of switches, detecting a temperature at a location exceeding a temperature threshold, and adjusting the plurality of switches in proximity with the location to reduce the power provided, in response to the detecting the temperature exceeding the temperature threshold.

    Systems and methods for adaptive clock design

    公开(公告)号:US09915968B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-13

    申请号:US15133068

    申请日:2016-04-19

    CPC classification number: G06F1/04 G06F1/08 G06F1/26 G06F1/305 H03K3/0315 H03L7/06

    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to mitigating voltage droops. An aspect includes outputting, by a clock module coupled to a multiplexor, a first clock signal to the multiplexor, the first clock signal generated by a clock delay component of the clock module, receiving, by the clock module, a second clock signal from a phase-locked loop (PLL), wherein the PLL outputs a third clock signal to a processor coupled to the PLL and the multiplexor, selecting, by the multiplexor, the first clock signal to output to the processor based on detecting a droop in voltage on a power supply, and selecting, by the multiplexor, the third clock signal to output to the processor based on detecting that the droop in the voltage on the power supply has passed, wherein the clock module and the processor are coupled to the power supply.

    STOCHASTIC AND TOPOLOGICALLY AWARE ELECTROMIGRATION ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY
    8.
    发明申请
    STOCHASTIC AND TOPOLOGICALLY AWARE ELECTROMIGRATION ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY 审中-公开
    STOCHASTIC和拓扑学电磁分析方法学

    公开(公告)号:US20160116527A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-04-28

    申请号:US14865339

    申请日:2015-09-25

    Inventor: Palkesh Jain

    CPC classification number: G06F17/5036 G01R31/2848

    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for analyzing a system comprising a plurality of components is described herein according to certain aspects. The method comprises simulating the system cascading through a plurality of failures until the system fails to meet a system specification, each of the failures corresponding to a failure of one of the components. The method also comprises estimating a time to failure of the system based on a last one of the plurality of failures.

    Abstract translation: 本文中根据某些方面描述了用于分析包括多个部件的系统的计算机实现的方法。 该方法包括模拟通过多个故障的系统级联,直到系统不能满足系统规范,每个故障对应于组件之一的故障。 该方法还包括基于多个故障中的最后一个来估计系统故障的时间。

    Error correcting code testing
    9.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10389379B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-20

    申请号:US15594322

    申请日:2017-05-12

    Abstract: Various additional and alternative aspects are described herein. In some aspects, the present disclosure provides a method of testing error-correcting code (ECC) logic. The method includes receiving data for storage in a memory. The method further includes receiving an address indicating a location in the memory to store the data. The method further includes determining if the received address matches at least one of one or more test addresses. The method further includes operating the ECC logic in a normal mode when the received address does not match at least one of the one or more test addresses. The method further includes operating the ECC logic in a test mode when the received address does match at least one of the one or more test addresses.

    Adjusting source voltage based on stored information

    公开(公告)号:US10042405B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-07

    申请号:US14920218

    申请日:2015-10-22

    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods to adjust a source voltage based on stored information are provided. The apparatus includes a circuit configured to receive power from a power source through a power distribution network, a storage medium storing data specifying one or more electrical characteristics of the circuit, and a control circuit configured to adjust a source voltage at the power source based on the data stored in the storage medium. The method includes receiving power by a circuit from a power source through a power distribution network, reading data specifying one or more electrical characteristics of the circuit from a storage medium, and adjusting a source voltage at the power source based on the data stored in the storage medium.

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