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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2012
Dharin N Shah, Bangalore, IN;
Sharad Gupta, Bangalore, IN;
Vinod Joseph Menezes, Bangalore, IN;
Vish Visvanathan, Chennai, IN;
Dharin N Shah, Bangalore, IN;
Sharad Gupta, Bangalore, IN;
Vinod Joseph Menezes, Bangalore, IN;
Vish Visvanathan, Chennai, IN;
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
Potential errors that might result from operating logic and/or memory circuits at an insufficient operating voltage are identified by electrically altering nodes of replica or operational circuits so that the electrically altered nodes are susceptible to errors. The electrically altered nodes in an embodiment are controlled using parametric drivers. A minimized operating voltage can be selected by operating at a marginal operating voltage and detecting a voltage threshold at which errors in the electrically altered nodes are detected, for example.