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公开(公告)号:US10181848B2
公开(公告)日:2019-01-15
申请号:US15418331
申请日:2017-01-27
Applicant: ARM Limited
IPC: H03K17/687 , H01L29/10
Abstract: Embodiments are described for digital forward body biasing CMOS circuits. In an embodiment, a power management unit limits the amount of time for which digital forward body biasing may be implemented. In another embodiment, once a CMOS circuit is put into a full digital forward body bias mode, the CMOS circuit is gradually brought back to a zero forward body bias mode. In another embodiment, charge is shared among biased transistor wells during transition intervals when transitioning from one bias mode to another.
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公开(公告)号:US20180150120A1
公开(公告)日:2018-05-31
申请号:US15361405
申请日:2016-11-26
Applicant: ARM Limited
Inventor: Parameshwarappa Anand Kumar Savanth , Bal S. Sandhu , James Edward Myers , Alexander Stewart Weddell , David Walter Flynn
IPC: G06F1/28 , G01R19/165
CPC classification number: G06F1/28 , G01R19/16576
Abstract: Broadly speaking, embodiments of the present techniques provide a voltage monitoring circuit for low power minimum-energy sensor nodes. The circuit comprises sensing circuitry to sense a monitored signal having a plurality of operating signal states; a first comparator having a first input for receiving an upper threshold signal; and a second comparator having a first input for receiving a lower threshold signal, the upper and lower threshold signals defining a range which includes at least one signal state of the plurality of operating states of the monitored signal, wherein the first and second comparators have a bias input for receiving a bias configuration setting, the bias configuration setting being selectable according to an operating signal state of the monitored signal.
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公开(公告)号:US09985613B2
公开(公告)日:2018-05-29
申请号:US15336721
申请日:2016-10-27
Applicant: ARM Limited , University of Southampton
Inventor: Anand Savanth , James Edward Myers , Yunpeng Cai , Alexander Stewart Weddell , Tom Kazmierski
IPC: H03K3/356 , H03K3/3562 , H03K19/20
CPC classification number: H03K3/35625 , H03K19/20
Abstract: A single-phase flip-flop comprising: a master latch comprising: a first circuit to generate a master latch signal in response to a first master logic operation on a flip flop input signal and a first clock signal, and a second circuit to generate a master output signal in response to a second master logic operation on the first clock signal and master latch signal; a slave latch comprising: a third circuit to generate a slave output signal in response to a first slave logic operation on the first clock signal and one of the master output signal and an inverted slave output signal; and wherein the master latch is configured to capture the flip-flop input signal during a first portion of the first clock signal and the slave latch is configured to capture the master output signal during a second portion of the first clock signal.
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公开(公告)号:US09831831B2
公开(公告)日:2017-11-28
申请号:US15009556
申请日:2016-01-28
Applicant: ARM Limited
Inventor: Parameshwarappa Anand Kumar Savanth , Shidhartha Das , James Edward Myers , David Michael Bull , Bal S. Sandhu
IPC: H03K3/0231 , H03K4/50 , H03L1/00 , H03B5/24
CPC classification number: H03B5/24 , H03K3/0231 , H03K4/50 , H03K4/501 , H03L1/00
Abstract: Various implementations described herein are directed to an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit may include a comparator stage, a resistor, a capacitor, and active switches arranged to provide a clock signal having a time period that is independent of a first source voltage. Independence may be achieved by using a second source voltage derived from the first source voltage as a fixed ratio.
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公开(公告)号:US20170222602A1
公开(公告)日:2017-08-03
申请号:US15009556
申请日:2016-01-28
Applicant: ARM Limited
Inventor: Parameshwarappa Anand Kumar Savanth , Shidhartha Das , James Edward Myers , David Michael Bull , Bal S. Sandhu
IPC: H03B5/24
CPC classification number: H03B5/24 , H03K3/0231 , H03K4/50 , H03K4/501 , H03L1/00
Abstract: Various implementations described herein are directed to an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit may include a comparator stage, a resistor, a capacitor, and active switches arranged to provide a clock signal having a time period that is independent of a first source voltage. Independence may be achieved by using a second source voltage derived from the first source voltage as a fixed ratio.
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公开(公告)号:US20160334470A1
公开(公告)日:2016-11-17
申请号:US14712614
申请日:2015-05-14
Applicant: ARM Limited
Inventor: Bal S. Sandhu , James Edward Myers
IPC: G01R31/40 , G01R19/165 , G01R19/32 , G01R17/00
CPC classification number: G06F1/28 , G01R19/16552 , G01R19/32
Abstract: Various implementations described herein are directed to an integrated circuit for brown-out detection. The integrated circuit may include a first stage configured to receive an input voltage and provide a first voltage independent of temperature while remaining related to the input voltage. The integrated circuit may include a second stage configured to receive the input voltage, receive the first voltage from the first stage, and up-convert the first voltage as input voltage lowers. The second stage may be configured to provide a second voltage corresponding to a differential voltage of the input voltage and the first voltage. The integrated circuit may include a third stage configured to receive the second voltage and provide a high-gain output voltage corresponding to an error signal.
Abstract translation: 本文描述的各种实现涉及用于欠压检测的集成电路。 集成电路可以包括第一级,其被配置为接收输入电压并提供独立于温度的第一电压,同时保持与输入电压相关。 集成电路可以包括被配置为接收输入电压的第二级,从第一级接收第一电压,并且当输入电压降低时上变换第一电压。 第二级可以被配置为提供对应于输入电压和第一电压的差分电压的第二电压。 集成电路可以包括被配置为接收第二电压并且提供对应于误差信号的高增益输出电压的第三级。
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公开(公告)号:US12149110B2
公开(公告)日:2024-11-19
申请号:US17501836
申请日:2021-10-14
Applicant: Arm Limited
Inventor: Remy Pottier , Emre Özer , John Philip Biggs , James Edward Myers , Jedrzej Kufel
IPC: H02J7/00 , G01R31/382 , G06N20/00 , H01M10/48
Abstract: Battery cell monitoring systems comprising a flexible substrate and components integrated onto the flexible substrate, and methods of operating the same are disclosed. The components comprise a computing device and at least one sensor, where the at least one sensor is configured to generate sensor signals indicative of a physical state of the battery cell. The computing device is configured to hold characteristic data values which have been generated based on prior sensor signals. The computing device is configured to receive the sensor signals from the at least one sensor and to generate battery cell status data in dependence on the sensor signals and the characteristic data values.
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公开(公告)号:US12124384B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-22
申请号:US17817686
申请日:2022-08-05
Applicant: Arm Limited
Inventor: James Edward Myers , Shidhartha Das
CPC classification number: G06F12/1408 , G06F21/72 , G06F2212/1052
Abstract: An integrated circuit device including processing circuitry, communications circuitry configured to provide a communication link with a communication apparatus external to the integrated circuit device, and a memory accessible by the processing circuitry and by the communications circuitry, the memory comprising a memory region to which the processing circuitry has write access and to which the communications circuitry has read access, in which the processing circuitry is configured to write information to the memory region indicative of one or more use conditions of the integrated circuit device, and in which the communications circuitry is configured to access the memory region and to provide the information indicative of the one or more use conditions of the integrated circuit device via the communication link.
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公开(公告)号:US11714564B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-01
申请号:US16735606
申请日:2020-01-06
Applicant: Arm Limited
Inventor: James Edward Myers , Pranay Prabhat , Matthew James Walker , Parameshwarappa Anand Kumar Savanth , Fernando Garcia Redondo
IPC: G06F1/00 , G06F3/06 , G06F1/3234 , G06F1/324 , G06F1/3296 , G06F1/3209 , G06F1/3221
CPC classification number: G06F3/0634 , G06F1/324 , G06F1/3234 , G06F1/3296 , G06F3/0625 , G06F1/3209 , G06F1/3221 , G06F3/0689
Abstract: According to one implementation of the present disclosure, a method for power management is disclosed. The method includes: computing, by a central processing unit, software instructions of a software workload in an active-mode operation corresponding to a first operating point on a performance curve of a performance mode; transitioning from instances of the active-mode operation to instances of standby-mode operation of the CPU, and recording, by a time tracking element, each of a plurality of standby entry data points; transitioning from the instances of the standby-mode operation to the instances of the active-mode operation of the CPU, and recording, by the time tracking element, each of a plurality of standby exit data points; and determining a second operating point on the performance curve of the performance mode based on the recorded standby entry data points and the recorded standby exit data points.
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公开(公告)号:US11587386B1
公开(公告)日:2023-02-21
申请号:US17390436
申请日:2021-07-30
Applicant: Arm Limited
Inventor: Emre Özer , James Edward Myers , Jedrzej Kufel , John Philip Biggs , Remy Pottier
Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus comprising: a substrate; communication circuitry deposited on said substrate; and ballot circuitry deposited on said substrate. The ballot circuitry comprises: a plurality of voting circuitry elements, each voting circuitry element being responsive to a voting operation to change a conductive state of that voting circuitry element; and logic circuitry communicatively coupled with each of the plurality of voting circuitry elements and with the communication circuitry. The logic circuitry is configured to: detect the conductive state of each of the plurality of voting circuitry elements; and transmit, via the communication circuitry and based on the conductive state of each of the plurality of voting circuitry elements, a voting result.
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