Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for performing low power dynamic trimming
- Patent Title (中): 用于执行低功率动态修整的系统和方法
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Application No.: US11784268Application Date: 2007-04-06
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Publication No.: US07966509B2Publication Date: 2011-06-21
- Inventor: Eric L. Masson , Edward S. Ahn
- Applicant: Eric L. Masson , Edward S. Ahn
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
- Current Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Main IPC: G06F1/04
- IPC: G06F1/04

Abstract:
A system and method for performing dynamic trimming. Specifically, the system comprises a clock for generating a reference clock signal. The reference clock signal comprises a first frequency that is a factor of a second frequency of a signal (e.g., data clock signal from DDR memory). A counter is coupled to the clock and generates a plurality of clock pulses based on pulses of the reference clock signal. The plurality of clock pulses is generated at a slower frequency from the first frequency for low power operation. A phase length detector is coupled to the counter and comprises a trimmer chain for detecting an average length of at least one of the generated plurality of clock pulses. A transformation module is coupled to the phase length detector for transforming the average length to a phase delay of the signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070280034A1 System and method for performing low power dynamic trimming Public/Granted day:2007-12-06
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