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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
May. 26, 2016
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Todd A. Christensen, Rochester, MN (US);
John E. Sheets, II, Zumbrota, MN (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/28 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/28 (2013.01); G06F 1/08 (2013.01); G06F 1/266 (2013.01);
Abstract
On a semiconductor die, a testing controller identifies a first partition unit with a first operating frequency lower than a second operating frequency of an adjacent second partition unit. A metal mask is added between one or more first header switches of the first partition unit and one or more second header switches of the second partition unit to allow the first partition unit to use a selection of the one or more second header switches for power distribution to the first partition unit.