Invention Grant
US07921312B1 System and method for providing adaptive voltage scaling with multiple clock domains inside a single voltage domain
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用于在单个电压域内提供多个时钟域的自适应电压缩放的系统和方法
- Patent Title: System and method for providing adaptive voltage scaling with multiple clock domains inside a single voltage domain
- Patent Title (中): 用于在单个电压域内提供多个时钟域的自适应电压缩放的系统和方法
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Application No.: US11900977Application Date: 2007-09-14
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Publication No.: US07921312B1Publication Date: 2011-04-05
- Inventor: Juha Pennanen , Pasi Salmi
- Applicant: Juha Pennanen , Pasi Salmi
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
- Current Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Main IPC: G06F1/26
- IPC: G06F1/26 ; G06F1/32

Abstract:
A system and method is disclosed for providing a plurality of hardware performance monitors for adaptive voltage scaling in an integrated circuit system that comprises a plurality of clock domains. Each hardware performance monitor is associated with one of the plurality of clock domains and provides a signal that measures a performance of its respective clock domain temperature, process corner and supply voltage. The difference between the measured performance and a nominal expected performance for each hardware performance monitor is determined. The largest of the plurality of difference signals is selected and used in an advanced power controller to provide adaptive voltage scaling for the integrated circuit system.
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