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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2004
Steven F. Liepe, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Samuel Naffziger, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Steven F. Liepe, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Samuel Naffziger, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for increasing reliability of an integrated circuit. In one embodiment, an integrated circuit includes core chip circuitry. The integrated circuit includes means for increasing a power supply voltage V provided to the core chip circuitry, such as by increasing the voltage V to a maximum value. The integrated circuit also includes means for identifying a clock frequency F for which F<P/(CV), where C is a switching capacitance and where Pis a predetermined maximum power consumption of the core chip circuitry. The integrated circuit also includes means for providing a clock signal having frequency F to the circuit.