Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Minimizing power consumption in asynchronous dataflow architectures
- Patent Title (中): 最小化异步数据流架构中的功耗
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Application No.: US13782546Application Date: 2013-03-01
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Publication No.: US09281820B2Publication Date: 2016-03-08
- Inventor: Harry Marr , Kenneth E. Prager , Julia Karl , Lloyd J. Lewins
- Applicant: Raytheon Company
- Applicant Address: US MA Waltham
- Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
- Current Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Waltham
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Main IPC: G06F7/57
- IPC: G06F7/57 ; H03K19/096

Abstract:
An asynchronous pipeline structure includes a plurality of functional blocks comprising dynamic logic, each block precharged to an idle state responsive to a precharge control signal applied thereto, with each block, upon being precharged, receiving input data thereto for processing, and holding output data generated thereby during an evaluate phase, independent of a reset of the input data; for each block, a completion detector circuit coupled to the output of the functional block, the completion detector circuit generating an acknowledgement signal that indicates validity or absence of data at the output of the block; and for each block, a precharge control circuit generating a precharge signal, wherein for a given block, a first input to the precharge control circuit comprises the acknowledgment signal from a downstream completion detector, and second input to the precharge control circuit comprises the precharge signal from an upstream precharge control circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140250313A1 MINIMIZING POWER CONSUMPTION IN ASYNCHRONOUS DATAFLOW ARCHITECTURES Public/Granted day:2014-09-04
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