Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device and method for controlling supply voltage/frequency using information of process variation
- Patent Title (中): 使用过程变化信息控制电源电压/频率的装置和方法
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Application No.: US13242681Application Date: 2011-09-23
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Publication No.: US08578186B2Publication Date: 2013-11-05
- Inventor: Jong Pil Lee
- Applicant: Jong Pil Lee
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do
- Agency: F. Chau & Associates, LLC
- Priority: KR10-2007-0006638 20070122
- Main IPC: H02J1/10
- IPC: H02J1/10

Abstract:
A device capable of controlling a supply voltage and a supply frequency using information of a manufacturing process variation includes a data storage device storing data indicating performance of the device, a decoder decoding the data stored in the data storage device and outputting decoded data, and a frequency control block outputting a frequency controlled clock signal in response to the decoded data output from the decoder. The device further includes a voltage control block outputting a level controlled supply voltage in response to the decoded data. The voltage control block outputs a body bias control voltage controlling a body bias voltage of at least one of a plurality of transistors embodied in the semiconductor device in response to the decoded data. The performance is operational speed of the device or leakage current of the semiconductor device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120016510A1 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SUPPLY VOLTAGE/FREQUENCY USING INFORMATION OF PROCESS VARIATION Public/Granted day:2012-01-19
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