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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 16, 2018
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Martin Saint-Laurent, Austin, TX (US);

Lam Ho, Austin, TX (US);

Carlos Andres Rodriguez Ancer, Austin, TX (US);

Bhavin Shah, Cedar Park, TX (US);

Assignee:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/03 (2006.01); G06F 1/08 (2006.01); G06F 1/3206 (2019.01); G06F 1/3237 (2019.01); G06F 1/324 (2019.01); G06F 1/10 (2006.01); H03K 3/012 (2006.01); H03K 19/00 (2006.01); H03K 5/131 (2014.01); H03K 21/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/0321 (2013.01); G06F 1/08 (2013.01); G06F 1/10 (2013.01); G06F 1/324 (2013.01); G06F 1/3206 (2013.01); G06F 1/3237 (2013.01); H03K 3/012 (2013.01); H03K 5/131 (2013.01); H03K 19/0016 (2013.01); H03K 21/406 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the disclosure are directed to reducing clock-ungating induced voltage droop by determining a maximum frequency value associated with an output clock waveform; modulating a clock frequency of the output clock waveform for a first time duration based on a first programmable mask pattern or a first Boolean function; and determining if either the first programmable mask pattern or the first Boolean function should be changed. In accordance with one aspect, a voltage droop mitigation circuit includes a control logic for receiving an input clock waveform and a clock enable signal waveform and for outputting a gated clock enable signal waveform; a latch coupled to the control logic, the latch for holding a state of the gated clock enable signal waveform and a AND gate coupled to the latch, the AND gate for outputting an output clock waveform.


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