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Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 10, 2014
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Dipti Ranjan Pal, San Diego, CA (US);

Paul Ivan Penzes, Irvine, CA (US);

Mohamed Waleed Allam, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/08 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); H03L 7/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3203 (2013.01); G06F 1/324 (2013.01); G06F 1/3234 (2013.01); G06F 1/3243 (2013.01); H03L 7/22 (2013.01); G06F 1/08 (2013.01); G06F 1/3296 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1217 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1239 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for dynamic clock and voltage scaling can switch integrated circuits between frequency-voltage modes with low latency. These systems include a resource power manager that can control a power management integrated circuit (PMIC), phase locked loops (PLLs), and clock dividers. The resource power manager controls transitions between frequency-voltage modes. The systems and methods provide dynamic clock and voltage scaling where the transitions between frequency-voltage modes are an atomic operation. Additionally, the resource power manager can control many modules, for example, clock dividers, in parallel. The invention can, due to lower latency between frequency-voltage modes, can provide improved system performance and reduced system power.


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