Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Transient IR-drop waveform measurement system and method for high speed integrated circuit
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Application No.: US15297080Application Date: 2016-10-18
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Publication No.: US10671784B2Publication Date: 2020-06-02
- Inventor: Xiaoxiao Wang , Pengyuan Jiao , Donglin Su , Aixin Chen
- Applicant: BEIHANG UNIVERSITY
- Applicant Address: CN Beijing
- Assignee: BEIHANG UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee: BEIHANG UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee Address: CN Beijing
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@2e8669e4
- Main IPC: G06F30/367
- IPC: G06F30/367 ; G01R19/165 ; G06F30/394

Abstract:
A transient IR-drop waveform measurement system and method for a high speed integrated circuit are provided. The system includes all-digital elements and is based on a ring oscillator in GHz. Through oscillation with a Fast Ring Oscillator, sampling with an Edge Detector and counting with a Ripple Counter, a width and a peak of an IR-drop waveform are obtained. Moreover, a power supply network is adapted during a clock cycle through sending an adaptation signal to a connected dynamic voltage frequency scaling (DVFS) system. The measurement method includes 11 steps. The measurement system has following features: 1) IR-drop peak/width measurement ability; 2) low fabrication and test cost; 3) high accuracy and sensitivity; 4) early adaptation ability. Therefore, the measurement system can be used alone for chip monitoring or testing, in order to reduce a power supply noise disturbance to a chip.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170039309A1 Transient IR-drop waveform measurement system and method for high speed integrated circuit Public/Granted day:2017-02-09
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