Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Circuits and methods providing clock frequency adjustment in response to supply voltage changes
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Application No.: US14789095Application Date: 2015-07-01
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Publication No.: US09634676B2Publication Date: 2017-04-25
- Inventor: Ashok Swaminathan , Christian Venerus , Marzio Pedrali-Noy
- Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Main IPC: H03L7/06
- IPC: H03L7/06 ; H03L7/099 ; H03B5/04 ; H03L1/00

Abstract:
Methods, systems, and circuits for providing compensation for voltage variation are disclosed. A system includes: a voltage comparator configured to assert a control signal in response to detecting that one or more of power supply voltages droops below a threshold amount; a phase locked loop (PLL) configured to divide an output frequency for the PLL in response to the assertion of the control signal; a plurality of voltage sensors corresponding to the plurality of power supply voltages, the voltage sensors configured to output respective digital signals indicative of a voltage level of its corresponding power supply voltage; and a control circuit configured to control an oscillator frequency in the PLL during the open-loop mode responsive to the respective digital signals.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170005665A1 Circuits and Methods Providing Clock Frequency Adjustment in Response to Supply Voltage Changes Public/Granted day:2017-01-05
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