Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dual power swing pipeline design with separation of combinational and sequential logics
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Application No.: US14638270Application Date: 2015-03-04
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Publication No.: US09628077B2Publication Date: 2017-04-18
- Inventor: Jing Xie , Yang Du
- Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Agency: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C.
- Main IPC: H03K19/00
- IPC: H03K19/00 ; H03K3/037 ; H03K19/0175 ; H01L25/065 ; G06F1/32

Abstract:
A three-dimensional integrated circuit having a dual or multiple power domain is capable of less energy consumption operation under a given clock rate, which results in an enhanced power-performance-area (PPA) envelope. Sequential logic operates under a system clock that determines the system throughput, whereas combinational logic operates in a different power domain to control overall system power including dynamic and static power. The sequential logic and clock network may be implemented in one tier of the three-dimensional integrated circuit supplied with a relatively high power supply voltage, whereas the combinational logic may be implemented in another tier of the three-dimensional integrated circuit supplied with a relatively low power supply voltage. Further pipeline reorganization may be implemented to leverage the system energy consumption and performance to an optimal point.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160261269A1 DUAL POWER SWING PIPELINE DESIGN WITH SEPARATION OF COMBINATIONAL AND SEQUENTIAL LOGICS Public/Granted day:2016-09-08
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