Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and systems to detect voltage changes within integrated circuits
- Patent Title (中): 检测集成电路电压变化的方法和系统
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Application No.: US12566956Application Date: 2009-09-25
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Publication No.: US08368385B2Publication Date: 2013-02-05
- Inventor: Aaron M. Barton , James S. Ignowski , Pablo Lopez , Mondira Pant , Rex Petersen , Robert Rose , Sean Welch
- Applicant: Aaron M. Barton , James S. Ignowski , Pablo Lopez , Mondira Pant , Rex Petersen , Robert Rose , Sean Welch
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Garrett IP, LLC
- Main IPC: G01R19/14
- IPC: G01R19/14 ; G01R31/3187

Abstract:
Methods and systems to detect droop events on-chip, which may include a sensor circuit located adjacent to a voltage node to convert a corresponding voltage to a digital count or value indicative of the voltage. The sensor circuit may include an n-stage ring oscillator and an asynchronous counter. The sensor circuit may include circuitry to capture and convert a phase associated with a count to a binary fractional value to increase voltage resolution. Multiple counts associated with the node may be evaluated at the node to identify minimum and maximum counts and corresponding time stamps. More complex evaluation and control circuitry may be shared amongst a plurality of sensor circuits and may include circuitry to generate and compare counts to one or more variable thresholds, circuitry to average counts over time, and memory to store state values associated with the sensors.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110074398A1 METHODS AND SYTEMS TO DETECT VOLTAGE CHANGES WITHIN INTEGRATED CIRCUITS Public/Granted day:2011-03-31
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