Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optimal local supply voltage determination circuit
- Patent Title (中): 最佳本地电源电压确定电路
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Application No.: US12055569Application Date: 2008-03-26
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Publication No.: US07898285B2Publication Date: 2011-03-01
- Inventor: Kerry Bernstein , David S. Wolpert
- Applicant: Kerry Bernstein , David S. Wolpert
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Agent Michael J. LeStrange, Esq.
- Main IPC: H03K19/00
- IPC: H03K19/00

Abstract:
A test circuit that compares test results between two tests with different local supply voltages is provided. The output of each stage of the logic circuits is stored in a first register of each test circuit. Each test is performed with a critical test vector and a local supply voltage that decreases from test to test. The outputs of successive tests are compared in each test circuit. The tests are performed iteratively with successive reduction in the value of the local supply voltage until at least one stage of the logic circuits produces non-matching results between the first and second register. The voltage immediately before producing such non-matching results is the minimum operational voltage for the local voltage island.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090243648A1 OPTIMAL LOCAL SUPPLY VOLTAGE DETERMINATION CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2009-10-01
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