Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for reducing leakage power of a circuit
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Application No.: US14948174Application Date: 2015-11-20
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Publication No.: US09921630B2Publication Date: 2018-03-20
- Inventor: Gururaj K. Shamanna , Stefan Rusu , Phani Kumar Kandula , Sankalan Prasad , Mandar R. Ranade , Narayanan Natarajan , Tessil Thomas
- Applicant: Intel Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Green, Howard & Mughal LLP
- Main IPC: G06F1/32
- IPC: G06F1/32 ; G06F1/28 ; G05F1/625

Abstract:
Described is a processor comprising: a plurality of transistors operable to provide dynamically adjustable transistor size, the plurality of transistors coupled at one end to a first power supply and coupled at another end to a second power supply; a circuit coupled to the second power supply, the second power supply to provide power to the circuit; and a power control unit (PCU) to monitor the level of the first power supply, and to dynamically adjust the transistor size of the plurality of transistors so that the second power supply is adjusted to keep the circuit operational.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160077567A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING LEAKAGE POWER OF A CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2016-03-17
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