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- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for measuring load current by applying compensated gain to voltage derived from drain-to-source voltage of power gating device
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Application No.: US14794496Application Date: 2015-07-08
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Publication No.: US09958484B2Publication Date: 2018-05-01
- Inventor: Michael Arn Nix
- 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: G01R31/02
- IPC: G01R31/02 ; G01R19/32 ; G01R19/00

Abstract:
Apparatus and method are disclosed for measuring a load current supplied to one or more integrated circuit cores. The apparatus includes a power gating field effect transistor (FET) comprising a gate, a source, and a drain, wherein the source is coupled to a voltage rail, wherein the drain is coupled to a load, and wherein the gate is configured to receive a gating voltage to selectively turn on the power gating FET to allow a load current to flow between the voltage rail and the load; and a differential amplifier configured to generate a current-related voltage related to the load current by applying a gain to an input voltage based on a drain-to-source voltage of the power gating FET, wherein the gain varies inversely with the input voltage in response to variation in temperature or gate-to-source voltage of the power gating FET.
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