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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2023
Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Ivo Leonardus Coenen, Coffrane, CH;
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Abstract
Integrated circuits on semiconductor substrates and methods for operating integrated circuits on semiconductor substrates. The method includes adjusting a clock signal, generated by a clock circuit, from a first frequency to a second frequency. The method also includes adjusting a digital supply voltage, generated by a digital supply voltage converter, to a predetermined maximum value for the second frequency. The method further includes adjusting a body biasing voltage, generated by a body voltage converter, to a predetermined value for the second frequency. The method also includes determining, by a controller, speed margins based on logic speed measurements from a logic gate delay line. The method further includes decreasing the digital supply voltage until the speed margins are less than a predetermined threshold margin. The clock circuit, the digital supply voltage converter, the body voltage converter, the controller, and the logic gate delay line are implemented on the semiconductor substrate.