Abstract:
동적전압주파수스케일링방법은클럭관리유닛이중앙처리유닛의동작상태를예측하여어플리케이션프로세서의동작주파수의증가또는감소를나타내는동작주파수정보를전력관리집적회로에제공하고, 전력관리집적회로가클럭관리유닛으로부터제공되는동작주파수정보에기초하여어플리케이션프로세서의동작전압을변경할수 있다.
Abstract:
An application processor includes: a main central processing unit which operates based on an external main clock signal received from one or more external clock sources in an active mode; one or more internal clock sources which generate internal clock signals; and a sensor sub-system which performs a processing operation regarding the sensing data received in a predetermined period from one or more sensor modules in an active mode or a sleep mode, and operates based on an internal clock signal or an external sub-clock signal received from an external clock source depending to the operation speed required for the sensing data processing operation.
Abstract:
The dynamic voltage scaling method is capable of controlling a clock management unit to predict the operation status of the central processing unit to provide the operation frequency data representing the increase or decrease of the operation frequency of an application processor to an integrated power management circuit, and controlling the integrated power management circuit to alter the operation frequency of the application processor based on the operation frequency data provided from the clock management unit. [Reference numerals] (AA) Start; (BB) End; (S120) Clock management unit predicts the operation status of the central processing unit and provides the operation frequency data to an integrated power management circuit based on the predicted operation status; (S140) Integrated power management circuit changes the dynamic voltage of an application processor based on the operation frequency data
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A semiconductor device is provided to secure a stable operation by preventing the influence of a voltage variation between a plurality of function blocks or correcting the variation of an operation voltage by a shifting operation of a voltage level. CONSTITUTION: A first function block(FBLK1) generates a data signal by operating with a first operation voltage of a first range. A second function block(FBLK2) operates with a second operation of a second range. A voltage level control unit(LCU) differently shifts the voltage of the data signal according to a difference between the first operation voltage and the second operation voltage and transmits the shifted voltage to the second function block.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: An SoC, apparatus including the same, and power control method thereof are provided to reduce the area of a power control circuit of an IC device and the complexity of an IC device by configuring a power control circuit having a power cluster and a center cluster. CONSTITUTION: An SoC(System on Chip) includes power area blocks(131-13n), a core, and a power control circuit(140). The power control circuit controls power which is supplied to power area blocks in response to the control of the core. The power control circuit includes power clusters(141-14n) corresponding to electricity field blocks and a center cluster(150). The power cluster controls the power supplied to the power area block. The center cluster controls the operating sequence of power clusters in response to the control of the core.