发明授权
US07555741B1 Computer-aided-design tools for reducing power consumption in programmable logic devices
有权
用于降低可编程逻辑器件功耗的计算机辅助设计工具
- 专利标题: Computer-aided-design tools for reducing power consumption in programmable logic devices
- 专利标题(中): 用于降低可编程逻辑器件功耗的计算机辅助设计工具
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申请号: US11520944申请日: 2006-09-13
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公开(公告)号: US07555741B1公开(公告)日: 2009-06-30
- 发明人: David Ian M. Milton , David Neto , Vaughn Betz
- 申请人: David Ian M. Milton , David Neto , Vaughn Betz
- 申请人地址: US CA San Jose
- 专利权人: Altera Corporation
- 当前专利权人: Altera Corporation
- 当前专利权人地址: US CA San Jose
- 代理机构: Treyz Law Group
- 代理商 G. Victor Treyz
- 主分类号: G06F17/50
- IPC分类号: G06F17/50
摘要:
Methods and apparatus for designing and producing programmable logic devices are provided. A logic design system may be used to analyze various implementations of a desired logic design for a programmable logic device integrated circuit. The logic design system may be used to produce configuration data for the programmable logic device in accordance with an implementation that minimizes power consumption by the programmable logic device. The programmable logic device contains logic blocks that are used to implement the desired logic design and logic blocks that are unused. Dynamic power consumption can be minimized by identifying which configuration data settings reduce the amount of signal toggling in the unused logic blocks and routing, and by minimizing the capacitance of resources that do toggle. Clock tree power consumption can be reduced by evaluating multiple potential logic design implementations using a strictly concave cost function.
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