Abstract:
A high speed optical channel including an optical driver (334) and a photodetector (338) in a CMOS photoreceiver (338). The optical channel driver includes a FET driver circuit (334) driving a passive element (110) (e.g., an integrated loop inductor) and a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) diode (312). The VCSEL diode is biased by a bias supply. The integrated loop inductor (110) may be integrated in CMOS technology and on the same IC chip as either/both of the FET driver and the VCSEL diode. The photodetector (338) is in a semiconductor (silicon) layer that may be on an insulator layer, i.e., SOI. One or more ultrathin metal electrodes (M)
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce power consumption of a processor without tolerating the loss in performance and reduce leak power of the processor. SOLUTION: An integrated circuit device (IC) comprises a unit power adjusting mechanism, a leak reduction circuit which reduces LdI/de noise in the integrated circuit device to adjustably reduce leak power, and an activity prediction unit 130 which calls active/dormant states in the IC. The activity prediction unit 130 determines turn-on and turn-off times for IC unit. The activity prediction unit 130 controls a supply voltage selection circuit, selectively pass the supply voltage to a supply line at predicted turn-on time, and selectively inhibits the supply voltage at predicted turn-off time. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve system communication and to improve on-board communication. SOLUTION: An optically connectable circuit board and optical components mounted thereon are provided. At least one of components includes a light tranceiver 405 and provides an optical connection to the board 401. Electronic components may be directly connected to the board electrically or optically. some electronic components may be optically and indirectly connected to the board 401 via the intermediate optical components. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve system communications and to improve on-board communications. SOLUTION: This invention relates to an electronic system provided with components communicating over optical channels, a board initialization and continuity check, and a method of transferring data over the optical channels. The system includes a backplane 403 provided with board 401 to board 401 signal wiring and a shared optical bus. Optical gratings are attached to the backplane and to circuit boards to pass optical energy between an optical transceiver 405 and board/backplane. The optical transceiver at each end of each optical jumper relays optical signals between the optical jumper and the connected circuit board or the backplane. The optical jumpers optically connect the circuit boards to the backplane. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus and method for forming a step-like construction for connection of optical waveguides between a card and a backplane. SOLUTION: Optical waveguides 20 and conductors are embedded in a card 10, and ends 45 terminating at the step-like construction exist therein. Optical fiber ribbons 50 project from the ends 45. Also, a guide structure 60 is connected to the ends 45. The guide structure 60 has grooves for guiding and aligning the ribbons 50. Optical waveguides 25 and conductors are embedded in a backplane 70 as well, and have ends 75 terminating at the step-like construction and an aperture 90 having a slope. A guide structure 80 is connected to the ends 75. The aperture 90 having the slope accepts and guides the ribbons 50 and brings the ribbons into tight proximity to the optical waveguides 25, thereby forming the step-like construction consisting of the connected waveguides between the card 10 and the backplane 70. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Abstract:
BRANCH STREAM COPROCESSOR A novel approach to reducing delays resulting from resolution of conditional branch instructions, in which such instructions are pre-executed in a coprocessor which precedes a pipeline processor and prepares an instruction stream for input to the pipeline processor. Because of this pre-execution, the input instruction stream has fewer conditional branches for the pipeline processor to resolve. Also, the coprocessor may handle address generation interlock situations which also cause execution delays in the pipeline processor.
Abstract:
Enhanced modularity in heterogeneous three-dimensional computer processing chip stacks includes a method of manufacture. The method includes preparing a host layer and integrating the host layer with at least one other layer in the stack. The host layer is prepared by forming cavities on the host layer for receiving chips pre-configured with heterogeneous properties relative to each other, disposing the chips in corresponding cavities on the host layer, and joining the chips to respective surfaces of the cavities thereby forming an element having a smooth surface with respect to the host layer and the chips.
Abstract:
A synchronous integrated circuit such as a scalar processor or superscalar processor. Circuit components or units are clocked by and synchronized to a common system clock. At least two of the clocked units include multiple register stages, e.g., pipeline stages. A local clock generator in each clocked unit combines the common system clock and stall status from one or more other units to adjust register clock frequency up or down.