摘要:
A 150 degree bump placement layout for an integrated circuit power grid is provided. This layout improves integrated circuit performance and reliability and gives an integrated circuit designer added flexibility and uniformity in designing the integrated circuit. Further, a patterned bump array for a top metal layer of an integrated circuit having a plurality of 150 degree bump placement structures is provided.
摘要:
A current crowding reduction technique involving the uniform displacement of vias around a bump is provided. By uniformly arranging vias around the bump on an integrated circuit, current can uniformly flow to and from the bump, effectively leading to reduced current density around the bump. Further, a method for reducing current crowding around a bump using an uniform arrangement of vias around the bump is provided.
摘要:
A 180 degree bump placement layout for an integrated circuit power grid is provided. This layout improves integrated circuit performance and reliability and gives an integrated circuit designer added flexibility and uniformity in designing the integrated circuit. Further, a patterned bump array for a top metal layer of an integrated circuit having a plurality of 180 degree bump placement structures is provided.
摘要:
A decoupling capacitor assignment technique that increases decoupling capacitance without violating a leakage power constraint of an integrated circuit is provided. The decoupling capacitor assignment technique selectively replaces decoupling capacitors associated with high driver decoupling capacitance need to available decoupling capacitance ratios with thin-oxide decoupling capacitors such that decoupling capacitance is increased and the leakage power constraint is met.
摘要:
A technique for optimizing decoupling capacitance on an integrated circuit while meeting leakage power constraints of the integrated circuit is provided. The technique involves the formulation of a linear optimization problem using physical characteristics and constraints of the integrated circuit, where a linear solution to the linear optimization problem yields an optimal decoupling capacitance presence on the integrated circuit.
摘要:
A device that uses an input clock signal to generate an output clock signal with a desired frequency is provided. The device uses a voltage controlled delay element that outputs a reset signal to a flip-flop dependent on a bias signal and the input clock signal. When triggered, the flip-flop outputs a transition on the output clock signal, which, in turn, serves as an input to a duty cycle corrector that generates the bias signal dependent on the configuration of the duty cycle corrector. The duty cycle corrector may be configured to generate the bias signal so as to be able to operatively control the duty cycle of the output clock signal.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for improving the timing accuracy of an integrated circuit through region-based voltage drop budgets is provided. Further, a method for performing timing analysis on an integrated circuit partitioned into voltage drop regions is provided. During the timing analysis, a set of logic paths segments in each voltage drop region is tested to ensure that the integrated circuit meets a set of predefined timing requirements. Logic path segments that reside in different voltage drop regions are tested using a supply voltage inputted by the respective voltage drop region.
摘要:
A negative impedance device that accelerates signal transitions on a signal is provided. The negative impedance device is highly responsive to high to low and low to high transitions on the signal, and when one of these types of transitions begins to occur on the signal, the negative impedance device senses the transition and quickly drives the signal to the intended value before a point in time when the signal would have reached the intended value had the negative impedance device not been used. Further, a signal transition accelerator design that reduces signal rise and fall times is provided. Further, a method for accelerating a signal transition is provided.
摘要:
A modulation circuit arranged to modulate a first voltage from a first power supply grid to produce a desired second voltage not greater than the first voltage on a second power supply grid is provided. A digital register is operatively connected to the modulation circuit to determine the desired second voltage on the second power supply grid. Furthermore, the digital register maintains a value representative of an activity level or an anticipated activity level of a circuit connected to the second power supply grid. The modulation circuit maintains the desired second voltage for the circuit connected to the second power supply grid by transferring charge between capacitances.
摘要:
A dynamic circuit capable of operating in a normal power consumption mode and at least one reduced power consumption mode is provided. The dynamic circuit is operatively connected to a normal supply voltage and a reduced supply voltage, and is capable of operating at either the normal supply voltage and a normal frequency or at the reduced supply voltage and a reduced frequency. By using such a dynamic circuit, power consumption may be selectively controlled in order to reduce unnecessary power consumption.