Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Resonant virtual supply booster for synchronous digital circuits having a predictable evaluate time
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Application No.: US14807064Application Date: 2015-07-23
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Publication No.: US10263519B2Publication Date: 2019-04-16
- Inventor: Rajiv V. Joshi , Matthew M. Ziegler
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Mitch Harris, Atty at Law, LLC
- Agent Andrew M. Harris; Grant A. Johnson
- Main IPC: G05F1/10
- IPC: G05F1/10 ; G05F3/02 ; H02M3/158

Abstract:
A booster for a digital circuit block provides speed and reliability at lower static power supply voltages, reducing overall power consumption of the circuits. The booster includes a transistor that couples a dynamic power supply node to a static power supply and is disabled in response to a boost clock. An inductor and capacitance, which may be the block power supply shunt capacitance, coupled to the dynamic power supply resonates so that the voltage of the dynamic power supply increases in magnitude to a value greater the static power supply voltage. A boost transistor is included in some embodiments to couple an edge of the clock to the dynamic power supply, increasing the voltage rise. Another aspect of the booster includes multiple boost transistors controlled by different boost clock phases so that the resonant boost circuit is successively stimulated to increase the amount of voltage rise.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170025948A1 RESONANT VIRTUAL SUPPLY BOOSTER FOR SYNCHRONOUS DIGITAL CIRCUITS HAVING A PREDICTABLE EVALUATE TIME Public/Granted day:2017-01-26
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