Converged Adaptive Compensation Scheme

• US 20160087918A1
• Filed: 09/23/2014
• Published: 03/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Rusu, Stefan, Martin, Aaron, Cheng, Roger K.
• Granted Patent: US 10,007,749 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2119/06 Power analysis or power optimisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/36 Circuit design at the analogue level
• CPC Class Codes: H03M 1/12 Analogue/digital converters H03M1/001 – H03M1/10 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H03M 1/66 Digital/analogue converters H03M1/001 – H03M1/10 take precedence

Abstract

Described is an apparatus which comprises: logic to convert output of at least one sensor to a digital sensing signal; a router coupled to the sensor, the router to receive the digital sensing signal and to map into circuit data; and one or more communication interfaces, coupled to the router, to forward circuit data to a circuit endpoint. Described is a method which comprises: providing one or more digital sensing signals from a plurality of sensors; receiving the one or more digital sensing signals; generating packets of data using the one or more digital sensing signals; and providing the packets of data to one or more destinations.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

logic to convert output of at least one sensor to a digital sensing signal;

a router coupled to the sensor, the router to receive the digital sensing signal and to map into circuit data; and

one or more communication interfaces, coupled to the router, to forward the circuit data to a circuit endpoint.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one sensor is one of:

voltage sensor;

temperature sensor;

or

process sensor.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the logic to comprises an analog to digital converter to convert the output of the at least one sensor to the digital sensing signal.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one sensor is positioned in one of a multiple of dies in a three dimensional integrated circuit.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the router includes:

an encoder to encode the digital sensing signal to generate the circuit data as packets of data.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein at least one of the packets of data includes a type field to indicate a type of the circuit endpoint, and a data field to provide a compensation code for the circuit endpoint.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 comprises firmware to program the encoder.

8. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the router to periodically transmit the packets of data over the one or more communication interfaces to the circuit endpoint.

9. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the router to transmit the packets of data over the one or more communication interfaces to the circuit endpoint according to the type of the circuit endpoint.

10. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the circuit endpoint includes a decoder to decode the packets of data.

11. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the circuit endpoint includes one or more circuits which are to be compensated for a parameter according to the packets of data.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one sensor is either positioned on-die or off-die.

13. A method comprising:

providing one or more digital sensing signals from a plurality of sensors;

receiving the one or more digital sensing signals;

generating packets of data using the one or more digital sensing signals; and

providing the packets of data to one or more destinations.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the plurality of sensors includes:

voltage sensors;

temperature sensors; and

process sensors.

15. The method of claim 13 comprises converting output of at least one sensor, of the plurality of sensors, to a digital sensing signal.

16. The method of claim 13 comprises positioning the plurality of sensors at various locations of one or more dies in a three dimensional or a two dimensional integrated circuit.

17. The method of claim 13 comprises encoding the one or more digital sensing signals to generate packets of data.

18. The method of claim 17 comprises programming the encoder of the one or more routing logics.

19. The method of claim 13 comprises periodically transmitting the packets of data to the one or more destinations.

20. The method of claim 13 comprises transmitting the packets of data to the one or more destinations according to types of the one or more destinations.

21. The method of claim 13 comprises decoding the packets of data at the one or more destinations.

22. The method of claim 13 comprises compensating a circuit in the one or more destinations for a parameter according to the packets of data.

23. The method of claim 13, wherein the plurality of sensors includes on-die and off-die sensors or circuits.

24. A system comprising:

a memory;

a processor coupled to the memory, the processor including;

logic to convert output of at least one sensor to a digital sensing signal;

a router coupled to the sensor, the router to receive the digital sensing signal and to map into circuit data; and

one or more communication interfaces, coupled to the router, to forward circuit data to a circuit endpoint; and

a wireless interface for allowing the processor to couple to another device.

25. The system of claim 24 further comprises a display interface for allowing a display unit to display content processed by the processor.