- Patent Title: Back-biasing regulation system and method for integrated circuits
-
Application No.: US16398584Application Date: 2019-04-30
-
Publication No.: US10658927B1Publication Date: 2020-05-19
- Inventor: Marcos Mauricio Pelicia , Ricardo Pureza Coimbra , Luis Enrique Del Castillo , Lei Tian
- Applicant: NXP USA, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
- Current Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@216bfa1c
- Main IPC: G05F1/10
- IPC: G05F1/10 ; H02M3/07

Abstract:
Regulation systems and methods use a first regulator and a tracking second regulator. The first regulator receives a reference voltage and generates a first voltage output based upon the reference voltage, which is coupled as a back-bias voltage to a first load region within the integrated circuit. The first regulator also receives a sampled version of the first voltage output as feedback. A second regulator receives the first sampled voltage output and generates a second voltage output. The second regulator also receives a sampled version of the second voltage output as feedback. During operation, the second voltage output tracks (e.g., by a symmetry ratio) the first voltage output and is coupled as a back-bias voltage to a second load region within the integrated circuit. Further, switched-capacitor operation can be implemented, and clock frequency can be adjusted based upon the first sampled voltage output to reduce power consumption.
Information query
IPC分类: