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公开(公告)号:US09971858B1
公开(公告)日:2018-05-15
申请号:US14627220
申请日:2015-02-20
Applicant: Altera Corporation
Inventor: Salem Derisavi , Gordon Raymond Chiu , Benjamin Gamsa , David Ian M. Milton
IPC: G06F17/50
CPC classification number: G06F17/5031 , G06F17/5081 , G06F2217/84
Abstract: A method for designing a system on a target device includes identifying a timing exception for a portion of a signal path. An area on the target device that includes components affected by the timing exception. Register retiming is performed where pipeline registers are added at boundaries of the area.
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公开(公告)号:US09966959B2
公开(公告)日:2018-05-08
申请号:US15214310
申请日:2016-07-19
Applicant: Altera Corporation
Inventor: Benjamin Peter Jeppesen
IPC: H03K19/177 , H03K19/003 , H03K19/21
CPC classification number: H03K19/17708 , H03K19/00346 , H03K19/1778 , H03K19/21 , H04B14/026 , H04B14/06
Abstract: A feedback control system may include a feedback controller for controlling a plant using pulse density signals. The feedback controller may include a pulse density signal generator and a controller logic circuit. The pulse density signal generator may receive input command signals and generate signed or unsigned pulse density input signals. The controller logic may receive the pulse density input signals from the pulse density signal generator and feedback pulse density signals from the plant and may generate corresponding pulse density control signals for controlling the plant based on the input command signals. The controller logic may include a sign change logic, an addition circuit, and an optional amplifier circuit. The pulse density signal generator may also include rate transition circuits for ensuring that the pulse density input signals and the feedback pulse density signals are uncorrelated.
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公开(公告)号:US20180121168A1
公开(公告)日:2018-05-03
申请号:US15619733
申请日:2017-06-12
Applicant: Altera Corporation
Inventor: Martin Langhammer
CPC classification number: G06F7/57 , G06F7/483 , G06F7/49915 , G06F7/49936 , G06F7/5443
Abstract: The present embodiments relate to integrated circuits with floating-point arithmetic circuitry that handles normalized and denormalized floating-point numbers. The floating-point arithmetic circuitry may include a normalization circuit and a rounding circuit, and the floating-point arithmetic circuitry may generate a first result in form of a normalized, unrounded floating-point number and a second result in form of a normalized, rounded floating-point number. If desired, the floating-point arithmetic circuitry may be implemented in specialized processing blocks.
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公开(公告)号:US09948307B2
公开(公告)日:2018-04-17
申请号:US15633473
申请日:2017-06-26
Applicant: Altera Corporation
Inventor: Navid Azizi , Gordon Raymond Chiu , Michael Howard Kipper
CPC classification number: H03K19/20 , G06F17/50 , G06F17/5045 , H03K19/018507
Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms allow a Programmable Logic Device (PLD) to support a pseudo open drain (POD) input/output (I/O) standard used in interface protocols such as fourth generation double data rate (DDR4). An OR gate with inputs including data and an inverted output enable from a user's design may be inserted into programmable logic. The output of the OR gate may be coupled with an input of an I/O buffer.
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公开(公告)号:US09941871B1
公开(公告)日:2018-04-10
申请号:US15273920
申请日:2016-09-23
Applicant: Altera Corporation
Inventor: Ker Yon Lau
CPC classification number: H03K5/1565 , H03K19/21
Abstract: Duty cycle sampling circuitry is disclosed that may generate offsets that cancel each other out, thereby improving the accuracy of duty cycle sampling of input clock signals based on sampling clock signals. The input clock input signals may be swapped, or the sampling clock signals may be swapped, or both may be swapped, at various times. Erroneous samples obtained in one configuration can cancel out other erroneous samples obtained in another configuration.
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公开(公告)号:US09941201B1
公开(公告)日:2018-04-10
申请号:US15013885
申请日:2016-02-02
Applicant: Altera Corporation
Inventor: Xiaohong Jiang , Nathaniel Wright Unger , Kyung Suk Oh
IPC: H01L27/08 , H01L21/20 , H01L23/522 , H01L49/02 , H01L23/528
CPC classification number: H01L23/5227 , H01L23/5286 , H01L28/10
Abstract: In one embodiment, an integrated circuit die includes first and second inductor structures, a first ground conductor, a second ground conductor and a conductive trace. The first ground conductor provides a first ground pathway for the first inductor structure. The second ground conductor provides a second ground pathway for the second inductor structure. The conductive trace coupled between the first and second ground conductors may magnetically decouple the first and second inductor structures. In addition, the integrated circuit die may also include conductive guard ring structures that surround the first and second inductor structures. One of the conductive guard ring structures may be connected to the first grounding pathway and the other conductive guard ring structure may be connected to the second grounding pathway. The conductive guard ring structures may further magnetically decouple the first and second inductor structures.
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公开(公告)号:US09939827B1
公开(公告)日:2018-04-10
申请号:US13328917
申请日:2011-12-16
Applicant: Justin Jon Philpott , Ping-Chen Liu , Ravi Thiruveedhula
Inventor: Justin Jon Philpott , Ping-Chen Liu , Ravi Thiruveedhula
IPC: G05F1/56 , G05F3/22 , G05F1/00 , G05F1/46 , H02M1/32 , H03M3/00 , G01K7/42 , G01K3/00 , H01L27/02 , H02H7/12
CPC classification number: G05F1/56 , G01K3/005 , G01K7/425 , G01K13/00 , G05F1/00 , G05F1/463 , G05F3/225 , H01L27/0248 , H02H7/1213 , H02M1/32 , H03M3/322
Abstract: An integrated circuit having power supply circuitry configured to generate a temperature dependent power supply voltage is provided. The power supply circuitry may include temperature sensors formed at different regions on the integrated circuit. The power supply circuitry may use a selected one of the temperature sensors to vary the temperature dependent power supply voltage. The power supply circuitry may include voltage clamping circuitry configured to clip the power supply voltage to an upper fixed voltage level when the power supply voltage exceeds a first predetermined threshold and to clip the power supply voltage to a lower fixed voltage level when the power supply voltage falls below a second predetermined threshold. The power supply circuitry may also include voltage overshoot-undershoot protection circuitry configured to keep the temperature dependent power supply voltage within a specified voltage range in the presence of transient perturbations in the temperature dependent power supply voltage.
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公开(公告)号:US09934841B1
公开(公告)日:2018-04-03
申请号:US15299653
申请日:2016-10-21
Applicant: Altera Corporation
Inventor: Martin Langhammer , Sami Mumtaz
IPC: G11C7/00 , G11C11/406 , G06F11/10
CPC classification number: G11C11/406 , G06F11/1048 , G11C7/1075 , G11C7/20 , G11C7/22 , H03K19/17776
Abstract: A memory refreshing circuit implemented on an integrated circuit comprising a memory circuit that stores original data and an algorithmic data generation circuit that generates write addresses and correct data such that the correct data is stored in the memory circuit at locations that are indicated by the write addresses to correct errors in the original data by overwriting the original data with the correct data during a random access mode of operation of the memory circuit.
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公开(公告)号:US09929803B1
公开(公告)日:2018-03-27
申请号:US15278211
申请日:2016-09-28
Applicant: Altera Corporation
Inventor: Hsinho Wu , Mike Peng Li , Masashi Shimanouchi
IPC: H04B10/08 , H04B10/079 , H04L29/06
CPC classification number: H04L69/18 , H04B10/07955
Abstract: Systems and methods related to the configuration of data communication links between electrical devices are described. The methods described may consider power efficiency of the data communication link along with bit error rate, latency, data rate, and other specifications. Methods discussed may lead to changes in the data communication link protocol, use of error correction coding scheme, the power consumption and the selection of features employed by the data communication link. Electronic systems capable of implementing the discussed methods may be incorporated in the circuitry of the electrical devices. Methods discussed may change the configuration the data communication link features during the operation of the electrical devices and/or the data communication link.
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公开(公告)号:US20180081632A1
公开(公告)日:2018-03-22
申请号:US15272231
申请日:2016-09-21
Applicant: Altera Corporation
Inventor: Martin Langhammer
CPC classification number: G06F7/4876 , G06F17/16 , G06F2207/382 , G06F2207/483
Abstract: The present embodiments relate to performing reduced-precision floating-point arithmetic operations using specialized processing blocks with higher-precision floating-point arithmetic circuitry. A specialized processing block may receive four floating-point numbers that represent two single-precision floating-point numbers, each separated into an LSB portion and an MSB portion, or four half-precision floating-point numbers. A first partial product generator may generate a first partial product of first and second input signals, while a second partial product generator may generate a second partial product of third and fourth input signals. A compressor circuit may generate carry and sum vector signals based on the first and second partial products; and circuitry may anticipate rounding and normalization operations by generating in parallel based on the carry and sum vector signals at least two results when performing the single-precision floating-point operation and at least four results when performing the two half-precision floating-point operations.
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