摘要:
A method and strobe circuit are provided for maintaining a strobe signal at a valid voltage level. The method includes driving the strobe signal at the valid voltage level using a first strobe driver, pre-driving the strobe signal at the valid voltage level using a second strobe driver while the first strobe driver is driving, and terminating the driving of the first strobe driver. The strobe circuit includes a strobe line, a first strobe driver having a first enable input for enabling the first strobe driver and adapted to drive the strobe line with a first strobe signal, and a second strobe driver having a second enable input for enabling the second strobe driver and adapted to drive the strobe line with a second strobe signal. A first strobe controller is coupled to the second enable input and adapted to enable the second strobe driver to pre-drive the second strobe signal while the first strobe driver is enabled, wherein the first and second strobe signals are at equal logic levels.
摘要:
With some transmitter embodiments disclosed herein, static power consumption in low power modes may be reduced without excessively increasing latency.
摘要:
Time-correlated photon counting is used to measure integrated circuit (IC) performance related to signal jitter (such as clock jitter) in a manner that is non-invasive to the circuit or node of interest. The signal jitter is measured by counting photon emissions at various nodes of interest across a controlled collapse chip connect (C4) mounted die, without interfering with the normal operation of the circuit of interest. This increases the precision and accuracy of the measurement of signal jitter significantly, since small amounts of phase noise on a particular clock signal edge can be detected. The emitted photons can be detected and subsequently correlated to a precise time base to obtain a statistical spread of switching events in time. The range of the photon distribution can be used to reliably determine safe and reasonable timing guard bands for clock and data paths in an IC.
摘要:
In one aspect of the present invention, a bus buffer is provided. The bus buffer includes at least one buffer group having first and second groups of control input terminals. The first and second groups of control input terminals control different operational characteristics of the buffer group. The bus buffer includes first and second capture registers and first and second update registers. The data output terminals of the first update register are connected to the first group of control input terminals. The data output terminals of the second update register are coupled to the second group of control input terminals. The data input terminals of the first and second update registers are coupled to the data output terminals of the first and second capture registers, respectively. The bus buffer includes a new settings register having data output terminals coupled to the data input terminals of the capture registers.
摘要:
A system may include detection of a logical mode of a link port, and changing of a link supply power provided to the link port based on the detected logical mode. Detection of the logical mode may include a determination of whether the link port is terminated by a partner link port. If the link port is not terminated, the link supply power may be reduced to a value that does not preserve logic states of a plurality of link port elements, and, if the link port is terminated, the link supply power may be maintained substantially at Vcc.
摘要:
A system may include detection of a logical mode of a link port, and changing of a link supply power provided to the link port based on the detected logical mode. Detection of the logical mode may include a determination of whether the link port is terminated by a partner link port. If the link port is not terminated, the link supply power may be reduced to a value that does not preserve logic states of a plurality of link port elements, and, if the link port is terminated, the link supply power may be maintained substantially at Vcc.
摘要翻译:系统可以包括检测链路端口的逻辑模式,以及基于检测到的逻辑模式改变提供给链路端口的链路供电功率。 逻辑模式的检测可以包括确定链路端口是否被对方链路端口终止。 如果链路端口没有被终止,则链路供电功率可以减小到不保留多个链路端口元件的逻辑状态的值,并且如果链路端口被终止,链路供电功率可以基本维持在 V cc。
摘要:
A non-invasive method and apparatus accurately measures the time difference between two signal edges by optically detecting the emission from a ‘beacon device’ that is modulated as a function of time difference. Through the use of this modulation it is possible to perform timing measurement accurately. Embodiments of a voltage modulator circuit modulate timing information into emission intensity. The method and system of the present invention can be used in applications such as clock skew and pulse width measurements.
摘要:
Techniques and mechanisms for configuring logic to implement a signal modulation. In an embodiment, the logic includes a finite impulse response (FIR) module comprising circuitry. The selection circuitry may be operable to concurrently receive signals from latch circuitry of the FIR module and, based on the signals, to select an input group of the selection circuitry and to output a voltage identifier. In another embodiment, configuration logic is operable to set an operational mode which determines a total number of concurrent input signals, received by the FIR module, which the FIR module will use to select an input group for generating an output representing a voltage level.
摘要:
A driver of a first component and a receiver of a second component of a system are equipped to operate at least one of the driver and the receiver in a low power consumption state, during at least a portion of a quiescent state, when transmitting data from the first to the second component differentially, via a link interface with two lines, coupling the components. The driver and the receiver include respective monitor circuits to detect for the quiescent state, with the driver's monitor circuit monitoring for constancy over a predetermined period, and the receiver's monitor circuit monitoring for zero states on both lines. Further, in one embodiment, the driver's monitor circuit places the driver in the low power consumption state by grounding the two lines.
摘要:
A semiconductor device may be formed with a floating body positioned over an insulator in a semiconductor structure. A gate may be formed over the floating body but spaced therefrom. The semiconductor structure may include doped regions surrounding the floating body The floating body provides a distributed capacitance and resistance along its length to form an integrated RC circuit. The extent of the resistance is a function of the cross-sectional area of the floating body along the source and drain regions and its capacitance is a function of the spacing between the doped regions and the body and between the gate and the body. In some embodiments of the present invention, compensation for input voltage variations may be achieved.