发明名称 |
All digital power supply system and method that provides a substantially constant supply voltage over changes in PVT without a band gap reference voltage |
摘要 |
An all digital power supply system provides a supply voltage to semiconductor circuits. The power supply system utilizes an up/down counter and a pulse width modulator to output a signal into a LC network that generates the supply voltage. The width of the pulses output by the pulse width modulator are defined by an encoder that generates width information in response to a propagation delay detector that measures the propagation delay of a first clock signal when clocked by a second clock signal. The system supplies the optimum or minimum required voltage to insure that a critical path through a digital chip is met over process, voltage, and temperature (PVT) variations without the use of a band gap reference voltage source. A state machine is also used to counteract oscillations introduced by start up and load transients, thereby eliminating the need for a proportional integrator differentiator (PID).
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申请公布号 |
US6870410(B1) |
申请公布日期 |
2005.03.22 |
申请号 |
US20020272027 |
申请日期 |
2002.10.15 |
申请人 |
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION |
发明人 |
DOYLE JAMES THOMAS;KANG DAE WOON |
分类号 |
H02M3/157;H03K3/356;H03K3/3565;H03K7/08;H04L25/49;(IPC1-7):H03L7/00;H04L25/00 |
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H02M3/157 |
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