发明名称 |
Dynamic regulation of power consumption of a high-speed communication system |
摘要 |
A method for dynamically regulating the power consumption of a high-speed integrated circuit which includes a multiplicity of processing blocks. A first metric and a second metric, which are respectively related to a first performance parameter and a second performance parameter of the integrated circuit, are defined. The first metric is set at a pre-defined value. Selected blocks of the multiplicity of processing blocks are disabled in accordance with a set of pre-determined patterns. The second metric is evaluated, while the disabling operation is being performed, to generate a range of values of the second metric. Each of the values corresponds to the pre-defined value of the first metric. A most desirable value of the second metric is determined from the range of values and is matched to a corresponding pre-determined pattern. The integrated circuit is subsequently operated with selected processing blocks disabled in accordance with the matching pre-determined pattern. |
申请公布号 |
US7369608(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2008.05.06 |
申请号 |
US20040912960 |
申请日期 |
2004.08.06 |
申请人 |
BROADCOM CORPORATION |
发明人 |
AGAZZI OSCAR E.;CREIGH JOHN L.;HATAMIAN MEHDI;SAMUELI HENRY |
分类号 |
H03H7/30;G01R31/30;G01R31/317;G01R31/3185;H04B3/23;H04B3/32;H04B3/54;H04L1/00;H04L1/24;H04L5/14;H04L7/00;H04L7/02;H04L7/033;H04L25/03;H04L25/06;H04L25/14;H04L25/49;H04L25/497 |
主分类号 |
H03H7/30 |
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