Methods and apparatuses for determining a parameter of a die

    公开(公告)号:US10109551B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-23

    申请号:US14854487

    申请日:2015-09-15

    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques and configurations for integrally determining a parameter (e.g., temperature) of a die of an integrated circuit. In one instance, the apparatus may comprise a die including a first (e.g., remote) area and a second (e.g., local) area disposed at a distance from the first area, and circuitry to determine a parameter associated with the remote area of the die. The circuitry may include: a first sensing device disposed in the remote area, to provide first readings associated with the parameter; a second sensing device disposed in the local area, to provide second readings associated with the parameter; and a control module coupled with the sensing devices and disposed in the local area, to facilitate a determination of the parameter based on the first and second readings provided by the first and second sensing devices. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

    Magnetically decoupled concentric coils structure for area optimized high performance LC VCOs

    公开(公告)号:US10855224B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-12-01

    申请号:US16369361

    申请日:2019-03-29

    Abstract: A voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) circuit is disclosed. The VCO circuit comprises a VCO tuning circuit comprising a primary inductive coil. In some embodiments, the VCO tuning circuit is configured to generate a VCO output signal at a first resonance frequency. The VCO circuit further comprises a filter circuit comprising a secondary inductive coil. In some embodiments, the filter circuit is configured to resonate at a second, different, resonance frequency, in order to filter a noise associated with the VCO tuning circuit. In some embodiments, the primary inductive coil associated with the VCO tuning circuit and the secondary inductive coil associated with the filter circuit are concentrically arranged with respect to one another. Further, in some embodiments, the primary inductive coil associated with the VCO tuning circuit and the secondary inductive coil associated with the filter circuit are magnetically decoupled with respect to one another.

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