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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2007
Ravisangar Muniandy, Pulau Pinang, MY;
Gregory F. Taylor, Portland, OR (US);
Payman Aminzadeh, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ravisangar Muniandy, Pulau Pinang, MY;
Gregory F. Taylor, Portland, OR (US);
Payman Aminzadeh, Cupertino, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention include a trio of reliability oscillators. In one embodiment, an on-chip frequency compensation circuit includes a selectively enabled reliability oscillator to generate a reference oscillating signal, a clocked reliability oscillator to generate an AC degraded oscillating signal, and a static reliability oscillator to generate a DC bias degraded oscillating signal. A compare circuit coupled to the reliability oscillators compares the oscillating signals and generates a frequency compensation signal if the comparison determines that there is frequency degradation greater than a predetermined threshold.