Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power profiling in an integrated circuit having a current sensing circuit
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Application No.: US17247516Application Date: 2020-12-15
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Publication No.: US11808804B2Publication Date: 2023-11-07
- Inventor: Antonio Mauricio Brochi , Felipe Ricardo Clayton
- Applicant: NXP USA, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
- Current Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Main IPC: G01R31/28
- IPC: G01R31/28 ; G01R31/30 ; G01R31/3185

Abstract:
An integrated circuit (IC) includes subcircuits, power switches coupled to pass load current to a respective one of the subcircuits when activated by a respective switch control signal, and sensing circuits. Each of the sensing circuits is coupled to a respective one of the subcircuits, wherein the sensing circuits are configured to generate sense currents that are proportional to the respective load currents. The IC also includes a conversion circuit configured to receive at least one of the sense currents and to convert the at least one of the sense currents to an equivalent multi-bit digital signal, a timestamp circuit configured to generate a timestamp value that is correlated with the multi-bit digital signal, and a controller configured to provide signals to operate the power switches and the sensing circuits.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220187358A1 POWER PROFILING IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING A CURRENT SENSING CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2022-06-16
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