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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2011
Benjamin Tsien, Fremont, CA (US);
Kiran Bondalapati, Los Altos, CA (US);
Hao Huang, Austin, TX (US);
William A. Hughes, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric Rentschler, Steamboat Springs, CO (US);
Jeremy Schreiber, Austin, TX (US);
Aaron J. Grenat, Austin, TX (US);
Benjamin Tsien, Fremont, CA (US);
Kiran Bondalapati, Los Altos, CA (US);
Hao Huang, Austin, TX (US);
William A. Hughes, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric Rentschler, Steamboat Springs, CO (US);
Jeremy Schreiber, Austin, TX (US);
Aaron J. Grenat, Austin, TX (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Described are a circuit and a method of analyzing and correcting a fault occurring in operation of the circuit during a power gating sequence. The method includes executing a modification of the power gating sequence that includes maintaining operation of a trace capture buffer (TCB); recording, in the TCB, events occurring during the executing; and correcting the fault based on analysis of the events recorded in the TCB. The circuit includes a plurality of components including a TCB, and a switch configured to maintain power to the TCB in a first state and turn off power to the TCB in a second state.