Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Voltage supply for supplying in zones voltages proportional to a master supply votlage using voltage mirroring
- Patent Title (中): 电压供应,使用电压镜像提供与主电源成正比的区域电压
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Application No.: US14601062Application Date: 2015-01-20
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Publication No.: US09459646B2Publication Date: 2016-10-04
- Inventor: Junhua Tan , Yuan Yao , Jing Wang , Hui Pan
- Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US CA Irvine
- Assignee: BROADCOM CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: BROADCOM CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Irvine
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Main IPC: G05F3/02
- IPC: G05F3/02 ; G05F1/10 ; G05F3/26

Abstract:
A scaled voltage supply to supply voltage biases to circuits in voltage zones. The scaled voltage supply includes a master voltage corresponding to a voltage drop across a master-upper rail having a voltage Vdd and a master-lower rail having a voltage Vss=0. Further, the supply includes a voltage-divider network dividing the master voltage Vdd into intermediate voltages αVdd, βVdd, etc., wherein α and β are predetermined constants. These intermediate voltages scale with the master voltage and are supplied to the voltage zones using non-invasive soft rails. In one implementation the soft rails use voltage mirrors to supply the intermediate voltages to the circuits within voltage zones.
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