摘要:
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide self-calibrated thermal sensors of an integrated circuit (IC) die and associated techniques and configurations. In one embodiment, a self-calibrating thermal sensing device includes a resonator configured to oscillate at a frequency corresponding with a temperature of circuitry of an integrated circuit (IC) die, wherein the resonator is thermally coupled with the circuitry and configured to operate in a first mode and a second mode and logic operatively coupled with the resonator, and configured to calculate a first temperature corresponding with a first frequency of the resonator in the first mode using a first equation, calculate a second temperature corresponding with a second frequency of the resonator in the second mode using a second equation, and add an offset to the first equation and the second equation based on a result of a comparison of the first temperature and the second temperature. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
摘要:
Embodiments of the invention include a trio of reliability oscillators. In one embodiment, an on-chip frequency compensation circuit includes a selectively enabled reliability oscillator to generate a reference oscillating signal, a clocked reliability oscillator to generate an AC degraded oscillating signal, and a static reliability oscillator to generate a DC bias degraded oscillating signal. A compare circuit coupled to the reliability oscillators compares the oscillating signals and generates a frequency compensation signal if the comparison determines that there is frequency degradation greater than a predetermined threshold.
摘要:
Systems for testing a plurality of integrated circuits at a plurality of frequencies and voltages is disclosed. In one embodiment, a plurality of integrated circuits is tested at least once within a predetermined set of combinations of frequencies and voltages. If the integrated circuit fails testing within any combination of a frequency and voltage within the predetermined set, the integrated circuit is retested at a different predetermined set of combinations of frequencies and voltages. If the integrated circuit fails testing within any combination of a frequency and voltage within the different predetermined set, the integrated circuit is discarded.
摘要:
Multistage configuration and power setting for a processor includes an on-die configuration signal fuse block programmed during manufacturing, configuration signal Control and I/O circuitry, a configuration change control signal output indicating when the configuration signals are going to change, and voltage regulators and clock generators that rely on the configuration change control signal to begin the system configuration change and boot sequences. The processor actively drives its configuration signal states. Multistage configuration and power setting also enables the processor to change its configuration states during operation.
摘要:
An integrated circuit includes circuitry to test input/output (I/O) devices. Test data is provided to a loopback circuit that drives data through the output buffer to the pad, and back onto the integrated circuit through the input buffer. Separate clock signals, with varying phase, are generated for input synchronous elements and output synchronous elements. The phase, and the relative time delay between the separate clocks, changes as an external clock is varied. The external clock is varied to verify the performance parameters of the I/O devices. Each I/O device includes a shift register that can be coupled to the other buffers in a chain, or can be configured to be in a loop.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for reducing contention in an integrated circuit during power-up. According to one aspect of the invention, an initialization circuit is included in an integrated circuit. In response to receiving Vcc, the initialization circuit generates a substitute clock signal and a substitute reset signal. The substitute clock signal and substitute reset signal are substituted for an off chip generated clock signal and an off chip generated reset signal during power-up until a predetermined condition is met. In response to receiving the substitute clock signal and the substitute reset signal, a plurality of circuits on said integrated circuit are initialized.
摘要:
A method and an apparatus for generating an output voltage for an integrated circuit having multiple power supplies. A comparator circuit is coupled to receive power supply lines from the power bus of an integrated circuit. The power supply lines received from the power bus have different voltages which may vary depending on the particular application. The comparator compares the voltage potentials present on the power supply lines and determines which power supply line carries a voltage having the highest potential. The comparator then generates a corresponding select signal wherein the value of the select signal indicates which particular power supply line has the highest voltage potential. A multiplexor is coupled to receive the select signal as well as the power supply lines from the power bus. Based on the value of the select signal, the multiplexor generates the output voltage in response to the select signal wherein the output voltage is substantially equal to the voltage potential of the power supply line having the highest voltage potential.
摘要:
In a high-speed binary multiplier circuit, the multiplicand is segmented into a series of 8-bit slices and the multiplier is modified-Booth recoded into 3-bit groups. The corresponding partial product terms are reduced in a regular array of small carry-save adder cells. Iterative use of the CSA array provides the Wallace tree function in one-seventh the chip area or number of adders of a conventional implementation. The multiplier is pipelined internally, driven by a fast, two-phase internal clock that is transparent to the user. The internal clock stops and restarts upon loading new operand and instruction data to synchronize the internal clock to the system clock. Other aspects of the invention include high-speed absolute value subtract circuitry for exponent calculations and normalizing floating point results.
摘要:
An embodiment of the present invention is a technique to program a fuse. A program circuit generates first and second currents to program the fuse. The second current is higher than the first current. A control circuit controls generating the first and second currents in succession.
摘要:
A system is provided that includes a phase lock loop component to output a first signal based on a reference clock signal and a feedback clock signal. A clock distribution network may distribute a clock signal based on the first signal output from the phase lock loop component. Additionally, a delay lock loop component may deskew a signal and adjust the clock signal distributed by the clock distribution network.