POWER MANAGEMENT ARCHITECTURE AND METHOD OF MODULATING OSCILLATOR FREQUENCY BASED ON VOLTAGE SUPPLY
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1. A system for modulating oscillator frequency based on voltage supply, comprising:
- a logic unit having a logic operation frequency; and
a device to produce self-adjusting clocks to match the logic operation frequency, the device being configured to use supply voltage as an independent variable to optimize device parameters for different voltage variations in the supply voltage.
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Abstract
A method and system for modulating logic clock oscillator frequency based on voltage supply. The system comprises a logic unit having a logic operation and a device to produce self-adjusting clocks to match the logic operation. The device is configured to use supply voltage as an independent variable to optimize device parameters for voltage variations.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for modulating oscillator frequency based on voltage supply, comprising:
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a logic unit having a logic operation frequency; and a device to produce self-adjusting clocks to match the logic operation frequency, the device being configured to use supply voltage as an independent variable to optimize device parameters for different voltage variations in the supply voltage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system comprising:
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a logic unit having a logic operation frequency; and means for optimizing frequency to substantially match the logic operation frequency of the logic unit using only a supply voltage as a control variable. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for determining a slowest path in a circuit, comprising:
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finding a path with worst case slack for Vmin to Vmax; extracting and saving path data of the path with the worst case slack; and when a last process corner is found and VDD=Vmax, creating and placing a feedback reference path into the circuit. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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