Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dynamic clock and voltage scaling with low-latency switching
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Application No.: US14177073Application Date: 2014-02-10
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Publication No.: US09678556B2Publication Date: 2017-06-13
- Inventor: Dipti Ranjan Pal , Paul Ivan Penzes , Mohamed Waleed Allam
- Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Loza & Loza, LLP/Qualcomm
- Main IPC: G06F1/08
- IPC: G06F1/08 ; G06F1/32 ; H03L7/22

Abstract:
Systems and methods for dynamic clock and voltage scaling can switch integrated circuits between frequency-voltage modes with low latency. These systems include a resource power manager that can control a power management integrated circuit (PMIC), phase locked loops (PLLs), and clock dividers. The resource power manager controls transitions between frequency-voltage modes. The systems and methods provide dynamic clock and voltage scaling where the transitions between frequency-voltage modes are an atomic operation. Additionally, the resource power manager can control many modules, for example, clock dividers, in parallel. The invention can, due to lower latency between frequency-voltage modes, can provide improved system performance and reduced system power.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150227185A1 DYNAMIC CLOCK AND VOLTAGE SCALING WITH LOW-LATENCY SWITCHING Public/Granted day:2015-08-13
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