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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2008
Filed:
May. 19, 2004
Irfan Rahim, San Jose, CA (US);
Peter Mcelheny, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Yow-juang W. Liu, San Jose, CA (US);
Bruce Pedersen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Irfan Rahim, San Jose, CA (US);
Peter McElheny, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Yow-Juang W. Liu, San Jose, CA (US);
Bruce Pedersen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A programmable logic device (PLD) includes mechanisms for adjusting or setting the body bias of one or more transistors. The PLD includes a body-bias generator. The body-bias generator is configured to set a body bias of one or more transistors within the programmable logic device. More specifically, the body-bias generator sets the body bias of the transistor(s) so as to trade off performance and power consumption of the transistor(s).