Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reducing power dissipation using process corner information
- Patent Title (中): 使用过程角信息降低功耗
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Application No.: US13172129Application Date: 2011-06-29
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Publication No.: US08260236B2Publication Date: 2012-09-04
- Inventor: Timothy Nutt
- Applicant: Timothy Nutt
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Current Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agency: Trop, Pruner & Hu, P.C.
- Main IPC: H04B1/24
- IPC: H04B1/24

Abstract:
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for determining process corner information of an integrated circuit (IC) and controlling at least one analog current for at least one analog circuit of the IC based on the process corner information. More specifically, if the process corner information is indicative of a fast corner IC, the analog current may be scaled down. At the same time that the analog current is scaled down, a current consumption level of digital circuitry of the IC may increase. In this way, overall power consumption of the IC may be reduced to the extent that the analog current(s) are scaled.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110254644A1 Reducing Power Dissipation Using Process Corner Information Public/Granted day:2011-10-20
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