Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Structure for analyzing dynamic CPU voltage
- Patent Title (中): 分析动态CPU电压的结构
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Application No.: US12114412Application Date: 2008-05-02
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Publication No.: US08055927B2Publication Date: 2011-11-08
- Inventor: Carl A. Morrell
- Applicant: Carl A. Morrell
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F11/30
- IPC: G06F11/30 ; G06F7/02

Abstract:
A design structure embodied in a machine readable storage medium for designing, manufacturing, and/or testing a system is disclosed for monitoring a voltage supplied by a voltage regulation module to a processor in response to a dynamic VID generated by the processor. The voltage monitoring system monitors the voltage generated by the voltage regulation module to ensure the supplied voltage is within regulation thresholds. The voltage monitoring system acquires an analog reading of the supplied voltage and converts it to a digital value. If the VID changes during the conversion, the result of the A/D conversion is discarded. If the VID does not change, the voltage monitoring system accepts the result of the A/D conversion and compares the supplied voltage to the voltage expected in response to the VID. The voltage monitoring system may also compute the error between the actual and expected voltage for each accepted A/D conversion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080294924A1 STRUCTURE FOR ANALYZING DYNAMIC CPU VOLTAGE Public/Granted day:2008-11-27
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