Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Linear, low-latency power supply monitor
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Application No.: US16054576Application Date: 2018-08-03
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Publication No.: US11237220B2Publication Date: 2022-02-01
- Inventor: Ravinder Reddy Rachala , Stephen Victor Kosonocky , Miguel Rodriguez
- Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Polansky & Associates, P.L.L.C.
- Agent Paul J. Polansky
- Main IPC: G01R31/40
- IPC: G01R31/40 ; G11C27/02 ; H03K17/687 ; G06F1/3206 ; H03K3/356 ; G06F1/3296 ; H03K3/03

Abstract:
In one form, a power supply monitor including a current controlled oscillator circuit, a time-to-digital converter, and an output divider. The current controlled oscillator circuit has an input for receiving a power supply voltage to be measured, and an output for providing a frequency signal having a frequency linearly proportional to the power supply voltage. The time-to-digital converter has an input coupled to the output of the current controlled oscillator circuit, and an output for providing a count signal representative of a number of cycles of a reference clock signal per cycle of the frequency signal. The output divider has an input coupled to the output of the time-to-digital converter, and an output for providing a divided count signal representative of a value of the power supply voltage, and provides the divided count signal by dividing a fixed number by the count signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200041577A1 LINEAR, LOW-LATENCY POWER SUPPLY MONITOR Public/Granted day:2020-02-06
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