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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
May. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Lsi Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
LSI Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01); H03K 5/135 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/135 (2013.01);
Abstract
An integrated circuit having a programmable clock spreader configured to generate a plurality of controllably skewed clock signals, each applied to a corresponding region within the integrated circuit with circuitry configured to be triggered off the applied clock signal. The programmable clock spreader is designed to enable customization of the current-demand characteristics exhibited by the integrated circuit, e.g., based on the circuit's spectral impedance profile, to cause transient voltage droops in the power-supply network of the integrated circuit to be sufficiently small to ensure proper and reliable operation of the integrated circuit.