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US08497694B2 On-chip sensor for measuring dynamic power supply noise of the semiconductor chip
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- Patent Title: On-chip sensor for measuring dynamic power supply noise of the semiconductor chip
- Patent Title (中): 用于测量半导体芯片的动态电源噪声的片上传感器
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Application No.: US12703233Application Date: 2010-02-10
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Publication No.: US08497694B2Publication Date: 2013-07-30
- Inventor: Lew Chua-Eoan , Boris Andreev , Christopher Phan , Amirali Shayan , Xiaohua Kong , Mikhail Popovich , Mauricio Calle , IK-Joon Chang
- Applicant: Lew Chua-Eoan , Boris Andreev , Christopher Phan , Amirali Shayan , Xiaohua Kong , Mikhail Popovich , Mauricio Calle , IK-Joon Chang
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agent Sam Talpalatsky; Nicholas J. Pauley; Joseph Agusta
- Main IPC: G01R31/36
- IPC: G01R31/36 ; G01R31/3187

Abstract:
An on-chip sensor measures dynamic power supply noise, such as voltage droop, on a semiconductor chip. In-situ logic is employed, which is sensitive to noise present on the power supply of functional logic of the chip. Exemplary functional logic includes a microprocessor, adder, and/or other functional logic of the chip. The in-situ logic performs some operation, and the amount of time required for performing that operation (i.e., the operational delay) is sensitive to noise present on the power supply. Thus, by evaluating the operational delay of the in-situ logic, the amount of noise present on the power supply can be measured.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110193589A1 On-Chip Sensor For Measuring Dynamic Power Supply Noise Of The Semiconductor Chip Public/Granted day:2011-08-11
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