Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor integrated circuit and control method for clock signal synchronization
- Patent Title (中): 半导体集成电路和时钟信号同步控制方法
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Application No.: US13438050Application Date: 2012-04-03
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Publication No.: US08350595B2Publication Date: 2013-01-08
- Inventor: Yusuke Kanno , Makoto Saen , Shigenobu Komatsu , Masafumi Onouchi
- Applicant: Yusuke Kanno , Makoto Saen , Shigenobu Komatsu , Masafumi Onouchi
- Applicant Address: JP Kawasaki-shi
- Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kawasaki-shi
- Agency: Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
- Priority: JP2008-288836 20081111
- Main IPC: G01R25/00
- IPC: G01R25/00 ; H03D13/00

Abstract:
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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120187993A1 Semiconductor Integrated Circuit and Control Method for Clock Signal Synchronization Public/Granted day:2012-07-26
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