Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Integrated circuit with enhanced operation over operating ranges utilizing a process signal to fine tune a voltage boosting operation
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Application No.: US16570581Application Date: 2019-09-13
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Publication No.: US11061452B2Publication Date: 2021-07-13
- Inventor: Brian Taylor Brunn , Rui Deng
- Applicant: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Current Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agency: Polansky & Associates, P.L.L.C.
- Agent Paul J. Polansky
- Main IPC: G06F1/3203
- IPC: G06F1/3203 ; G06F1/20 ; G06F1/3206

Abstract:
An integrated circuit includes a digital circuit and an energy management circuit. The digital circuit operates with an internal power supply voltage in synchronism with a clock signal and comprises complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) transistors. The energy management circuit has an input for receiving an external power supply voltage and an output for providing the internal power supply voltage. The energy management circuit is thermally coupled to the digital circuit and sets the internal power supply voltage to a nominal voltage when a temperature of the digital circuit is greater than a boost temperature. The energy management circuit boosts the internal power supply voltage to a boosted voltage greater than the nominal voltage when the temperature of the digital circuit is less than the boost temperature.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210081010A1 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH ENHANCED OPERATION OVER OPERATING RANGES Public/Granted day:2021-03-18
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