发明授权
- 专利标题: Integrated circuit and method for controlling load on the output from on-chip voltage generation circuitry
- 专利标题(中): 用于控制片上电压产生电路的输出负载的集成电路和方法
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申请号: US13562516申请日: 2012-07-31
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公开(公告)号: US08665009B2公开(公告)日: 2014-03-04
- 发明人: James Edward Myers , Parameshwarappa Anand Kumar Savanth , David Walter Flynn , David William Howard , Bal S Sandhu
- 申请人: James Edward Myers , Parameshwarappa Anand Kumar Savanth , David Walter Flynn , David William Howard , Bal S Sandhu
- 申请人地址: GB Cambridge
- 专利权人: ARM Limited
- 当前专利权人: ARM Limited
- 当前专利权人地址: GB Cambridge
- 代理机构: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- 主分类号: H01J19/82
- IPC分类号: H01J19/82 ; G11C5/14
摘要:
An integrated circuit and method are provided for controlling variation in the voltage output from on-chip voltage generation circuitry. The integrated circuit comprises voltage generation circuitry configured to operate from a supplied input voltage and to generate at an output node an on-chip voltage supply different to the supplied input voltage. A circuit block is then arranged to receive the on-chip voltage supply generated by the voltage generation circuitry, during operation of the circuit block the circuit block presenting a varying load on the output node. Oscillation circuitry is also coupled to the output node to provide an additional load on the output node, and is configured to produce an oscillation signal whose frequency varies as the value of the on-chip voltage supply varies. Control circuitry is configured to be responsive to a trigger condition to adjust the additional load provided on the output node by the oscillation circuitry. This provides a particularly simple and effective mechanism for providing an additional load on the output node which can be altered with the aim of offsetting variation in the load on the output node presented by the circuit block, thus allowing the variation in the voltage output from the on-chip voltage generation circuitry to be controlled.
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