Invention Application
- Patent Title: DETECTING POWER DELIVERY NETWORK MARGINALITY IN A COMPUTING DEVICE
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Application No.: US17485120Application Date: 2021-09-24
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Publication No.: US20230102986A1Publication Date: 2023-03-30
- Inventor: Kunal DESAI , Ankit SHAMBHU , Srinivas MADDALI , Sanjeev SHUKLA
- Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
- Applicant Address: US CA SAN DIEGO
- Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US CA SAN DIEGO
- Main IPC: G06F1/28
- IPC: G06F1/28 ; G06F1/04 ; G06F1/26 ; G06F11/30

Abstract:
A system-on-a-chip (“SoC”) in a computing device may be provided with a power delivery network (“PDN”) self-test to detect marginal PDN performance. In the self-test, a current surge may be generated on power supply connections of logic circuit blocks. Voltage monitors may measure voltage droop on the power supply connections responsive to the current surge. Voltage droop measurements may be compared with thresholds. An action, such as generation of an alert, may be performed if a voltage droop measurement exceeds a threshold.
Public/Granted literature
- US11640193B2 Detecting power delivery network marginality in a computing device Public/Granted day:2023-05-02
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