Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Low-power FPGA circuits and methods
- Patent Title (中): 低功耗FPGA电路及方法
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Application No.: US12773686Application Date: 2010-05-04
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Publication No.: US08595671B2Publication Date: 2013-11-26
- Inventor: Lei He
- Applicant: Lei He
- Applicant Address: US CA Oakland
- Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
- Current Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Oakland
- Agent John P. O'Banion
- Main IPC: G06F17/50
- IPC: G06F17/50

Abstract:
Field Programmable Logic Arrays (FPGAs) are described which utilize multiple power supply voltages to reduce both dynamic power and leakage power without sacrificing speed or substantially increasing device area. Power reduction mechanisms are described for numerous portions of the FPGA, including logic blocks, routing circuits, connection blocks, switch blocks, configuration memory cells, and so forth. Embodiments describe circuits and methods for implementing multiple supplies as sources of Vdd, multiple voltage thresholding Vt, signal level translators, and power gating of circuitry to deactivate portions of the circuit which are inactive. The supply voltage levels can be fixed, or programmable. Methods are described for performing circuit CAD in the routing and assignment process on FPGAs, in particular for optimizing FPGA use having the power reduction circuits taught. Routing methods describe utilizing slack timing, power sensitivity, trace-based simulations, and other techniques to optimize circuit utilization on a multi Vdd FPGA.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100281448A1 LOW-POWER FPGA CIRCUITS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2010-11-04
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