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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2015
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Dipti Ranjan Pal, Irvine, CA (US);
Mohamed Waleed Allam, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US);
Ingyeom Kim, San Diego, CA (US);
Paul Ivan Penzes, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for power distribution network (PDN) droop/overshoot mitigation are provided. In certain embodiments, overshoot is mitigated by ramping down a frequency of a clock signal to a processor when the processor is switching clock frequencies and/or the processor is transitioning from an active mode to an idle mode. In certain embodiments, droop is mitigated by ramping up a frequency of a clock signal to a processor when the processor is switching clock frequencies and/or the processor is transitioning from an idle mode to an active mode.