Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Current measurement in power-gated microprocessors
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Application No.: US16738096Application Date: 2020-01-09
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Publication No.: US11435426B2Publication Date: 2022-09-06
- Inventor: Miguel E. Perez , Michael Sperling , Michael Floyd , John Francis Bulzacchelli
- 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
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Agent Jeffrey Ingalls
- Main IPC: G01R35/00
- IPC: G01R35/00 ; G01R19/22 ; H03K5/24 ; H02M3/07

Abstract:
Aspects of the invention include a circuit having a power header configured to couple to a power supply and to provide an output voltage. A sense circuit is coupled to the power header to receive the output voltage, the sense circuit including a replica voltage circuit coupled to a replica power header circuit and a transistor, the replica voltage circuit being configured to provide a replicated output voltage in accordance with the output voltage, the replica power header circuit being configured to couple to the power supply and the replicated output voltage to generate a replica current, the transistor being configured to deliver the replica current.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210215785A1 CURRENT MEASUREMENT IN POWER-GATED MICROPROCESSORS Public/Granted day:2021-07-15
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