公开(公告)号：US20230251683A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-10

申请号：US18104233

申请日：2023-01-31

Applicant: SambaNova Systems, Inc.

Inventor： Mahmood KHAYATZADEH ,  Satyajit SARKAR ,  Jinuk SHIN

IPC: G06F1/08

CPC classification number: G06F1/08

Abstract: A timing margin sensor circuit includes one or more time-to-digital converters (TDCs), a predictor, and a translation circuit. The TDC(s) measure(s) progress of a clock signal through one or more chains of delay stages. The progress depends on sense conditions acting upon the delay chain, such as the supply voltage and the temperature. The predictor receives the measured progress. If the delay chain becomes slower, the predictor extrapolates a predicted progress value. If the delay chain becomes faster, the predictor outputs the actual progress value. The translator translates the predictor output value to sense information that can be used in a clock stretcher circuit. The timing margin sensor may further have an averager/selector to average or select from the results of multiple TDCs. The timing margin sensor may further have a calibrator to compensate for nominal sense conditions, and one or more tunable delays circuits.