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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2003
Applicants:
Kiyoshi Kase, Austin, TX (US);
May Len, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Inventors:
Kiyoshi Kase, Austin, TX (US);
May Len, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Assignee:
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F001/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a circuit including a number of functional blocks of circuits, each block having a minimum operating voltage, a plurality of sense lines from each of the blocks is used to measure local voltage fluctuation at each block. The power voltage(s) of the overall circuit may be globally regulating in the circuit responsive to such locally sensed voltage fluctuations to prevent the local voltages from dropping below the minimum operating voltage for each block.