Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Voltage droop monitor and voltage droop monitoring method
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Application No.: US18336967Application Date: 2023-06-17
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Publication No.: US12166492B2Publication Date: 2024-12-10
- Inventor: Chin-Ming Fu
- Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: JCIPRNET
- Main IPC: H03L7/081
- IPC: H03L7/081 ; H03L7/091 ; H04L7/00 ; H04L7/033

Abstract:
The disclosure provides a voltage droop monitor (VDM) and a voltage droop monitoring method. The method includes: receiving a first reference clock signal and delaying the first reference clock signal as a first clock signal; delaying the first clock signal as a corresponding second clock signal; receiving the corresponding second clock signal from the corresponding first DCDL and generating a corresponding third clock signal via modifying a phase of the corresponding second clock signal; receiving the corresponding third clock signal; receiving a second reference clock signal; and collectively outputting a TDC code combination based on the second reference clock signal and the corresponding third clock signal, wherein the TDC code combination varies in response to a voltage variation of a to-be-monitored voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230396257A1 VOLTAGE DROOP MONITOR AND VOLTAGE DROOP MONITORING METHOD Public/Granted day:2023-12-07
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