Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reference free and temperature independent voltage-to-digital converter
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Application No.: US17031763Application Date: 2020-09-24
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Publication No.: US11264998B1Publication Date: 2022-03-01
- Inventor: Ravinder Reddy Rachala
- Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Kowert Hood Munyon Rankin and Goetzel PC
- Agent Rory D. Rankin
- Main IPC: H03L7/099
- IPC: H03L7/099 ; H03L7/08 ; G06F1/04

Abstract:
A system and method for measuring power supply variations are described. A functional unit includes one or more power supply monitors capable of measuring power supply variations. The power supply monitors forego use of a clock signal from clock generating circuitry and forego use of a reference voltage from a reference power supply. The power supply monitors use an output of a source ring oscillator as a clock signal for the sequential elements of a counter. The counter measures a number of revolutions of a measuring ring oscillator within a period of the output of the source oscillator. The revolutions of the measuring ring oscillator are associated with a number of rising edges and falling edges of the output signal of the measuring ring oscillator. An encoder converts the output of the sequential elements to a binary value, and sends the binary value to an external age tracking unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220094365A1 REFERENCE FREE AND TEMPERATURE INDEPENDENT VOLTAGE-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2022-03-24
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