发明申请
- 专利标题: Semiconductor Integrated Circuit and Control Method for Clock Signal Synchronization
- 专利标题(中): 半导体集成电路和时钟信号同步控制方法
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申请号: US13438050申请日: 2012-04-03
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公开(公告)号: US20120187993A1公开(公告)日: 2012-07-26
- 发明人: Yusuke Kanno , Makoto Saen , Shigenobu Komatsu , Masafumi Onouchi
- 申请人: Yusuke Kanno , Makoto Saen , Shigenobu Komatsu , Masafumi Onouchi
- 优先权: JP2008-288836 20081111
- 主分类号: H03L7/06
- IPC分类号: H03L7/06
摘要:
There is a need to ensure operation performance of a circuit region under DVFS control at low costs and highly precisely while a power-supply voltage change is made to the region. A first circuit (FVA) uses a first power-supply voltage (VDDA) for operation. A second circuit (NFVA) uses a second power-supply voltage (VDDB) for operation. A clock delay may be adjusted between paths for transmitting a clock to these circuits. When VDDA equals VDDB, a clock is distributed to FVA through a path that does not contain a delay device for phase adjustment. When the power-supply voltage for the FVA region is reduced, a clock is distributed to the FVA region based on a phase equivalent to one or two cycles of the clock displaced. Synchronization control is provided to synchronize clocks (CKAF and CKBF) and ensures operation so that a phase of two clocks to be compared fits in a range of design values while the power-supply voltage for the first circuit is changed.
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