Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Adaptive body biasing or voltage regulation using slack sensors
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Application No.: US17468982Application Date: 2021-09-08
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Publication No.: US12169221B2Publication Date: 2024-12-17
- Inventor: Sebastien Genevey , Mathieu Louvat , Lionel Jure
- Applicant: Dolphin Design
- Applicant Address: FR Meylan
- Assignee: Dolphin Design
- Current Assignee: Dolphin Design
- Current Assignee Address: FR Meylan
- Agency: Noblitt & Newson, PLLC
- Priority: FR20/09234 20200911
- Main IPC: G06F1/08
- IPC: G06F1/08 ; G01R31/30 ; G01R31/317 ; G06F1/3203 ; H03K3/011 ; H03K5/134 ; H03K5/00

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to an adaptive body biasing or voltage regulation circuit for a circuit region, comprising: a first delay module configured to delay a local clock signal to generate first and second output signals delayed by first and second delays; a multiplexer configured to select one of the first and second output signals; a first slack monitor circuit configured to generate a first detection signal indicating when a slack time of the first and second output signals is less than a first threshold; a voltage generation circuit configured to generate a supply voltage for the circuit region, or at least one biasing voltage for biasing wells of transistors in the circuit region, using a further control loop comprising a process, voltage and/or temperature sensor; and a control circuit configured to adjust a gain of the further control loop based on the first detection signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220082615A1 ADAPTIVE BODY BIASING OR VOLTAGE REGULATION USING SLACK SENSORS Public/Granted day:2022-03-17
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