Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor integrated circuit and method for controlling semiconductor integrated circuit
- Patent Title (中): 半导体集成电路及半导体集成电路控制方法
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Application No.: US12035120Application Date: 2008-02-21
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Publication No.: US07917778B2Publication Date: 2011-03-29
- Inventor: Masahiro Tatsumi
- Applicant: Masahiro Tatsumi
- Applicant Address: JP Yokohama
- Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
- Current Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Yokohama
- Agency: Arent Fox LLP
- Priority: JP2007-041021 20070221
- Main IPC: G06F1/26
- IPC: G06F1/26

Abstract:
Herein disclosed is a method for controlling a semiconductor integrated circuit having plural domains, the method including controlling plural power supplies which supply power to the plural domains, controlling an asynchronous bridge section being provided between each of the domains, receiving and transmitting data for dynamically changing a power supply voltage of at least one of the domains, wherein, when a power supply voltage of one of the domains is substantially equal to a power supply voltage of the other domains, switching the power supply paths so as to supply the power supply voltage from one power supply to at least two of the domains, and switching the data paths so as to receive and transmit data between the at least two of the domains by bypassing the asynchronous bridge section.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080201584A1 SEMICONDUCTOR INTERGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SEMICONDUCTOR INTERGRATED CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2008-08-21
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