Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Managed integrated circuit power supply distribution
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Application No.: US15814776Application Date: 2017-11-16
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Publication No.: US10580730B2Publication Date: 2020-03-03
- Inventor: Anthony G. Aipperspach , Jeffrey D. Brown , Kirk D. Peterson , John E. Sheets, II
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Nathan M. Rau
- Main IPC: G06F17/50
- IPC: G06F17/50 ; H03K19/17 ; H01L23/50 ; H01L23/528 ; H03K19/17736 ; H03K19/17784 ; G11C5/14

Abstract:
An integrated circuit (IC) can be configured to provide a managed power distribution to circuits within a plurality of regions of the IC. Each region of the plurality of regions can include a corresponding set of circuits that are electrically connected to a corresponding virtual power island (VPI) within said each region. A global power distribution structure within the IC can be configured to be electrically interconnected to an off-chip voltage supply. The IC can also include a plurality of sets of vertical interconnects (VIs), each set of VIs electrically interconnected to a VPI within a corresponding region. Each set of VIs can also be connected to the global power distribution structure, and can be used to provide a specifically managed voltage through a VPI to a set of circuits within a corresponding region of the IC.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190148284A1 MANAGED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT POWER SUPPLY DISTRIBUTION Public/Granted day:2019-05-16
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