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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2011
Applicant:
Anatoly Gelman, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Anatoly Gelman, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer readable media that can mitigate the effects of semiconductor aging in a semiconductor device are described. Traditional methods of mitigating semiconductor aging can be wasteful since they overcorrect for aging using a high operational voltage. The approach discussed herein steps up the operational voltage for the electronic device with time based on predetermined aging models. This allows power consumption by the electronic device, particularly early in the designed operational life, to be much less than it would otherwise be.