- Patent Title: Supply voltage proportionality monitoring in a system-on-chip (SOC)
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Application No.: US17455689Application Date: 2021-11-19
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Publication No.: US11977664B2Publication Date: 2024-05-07
- Inventor: Markus Regner , Hubert Martin Bode , Stefan Doll
- Applicant: NXP USA, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
- Current Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agent Joanna G. Geld
- Main IPC: G06F21/75
- IPC: G06F21/75 ; G01R19/165 ; G06F21/81 ; H03K19/17768

Abstract:
A System-on-Chip (SoC) includes first and second voltage supply pins configured to receive first and second supply voltages, respectively, a first supply path beginning at the first supply pin, and a supply proportion checker. The first supply path includes a first plurality of voltage supply nodes and a supply switch coupled between adjacent voltage supply nodes, wherein each node is configured to provide a corresponding internal voltage supply to a corresponding portion of the SoC. The supply proportion checker is coupled to receive the corresponding internal voltage supply from each voltage supply node, and configured to determine whether a first internal voltage supply supplied by a first supply node of the first plurality of nodes has a legitimate proportion to a second internal voltage supply supplied by a second supply node of the first plurality of nodes, wherein the legitimacy is checked using only resistors which do not require trimming.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230161875A1 SUPPLY VOLTAGE PROPORTIONALITY MONITORING IN A SYSTEM-ON-CHIP (SOC) Public/Granted day:2023-05-25
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