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Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 02, 2014
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventor:

Ho Yeon Jeon, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 1/20 (2006.01); G01R 21/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3203 (2013.01); G06F 1/206 (2013.01); G01R 21/06 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1275 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods of operating a system on chip including a first power domain and a second power domain are provided. The method includes measuring at least one of a voltage and a current, which are applied to the first power domain in analog mode to obtain a measurement result; calculating a first power consumed in the first power domain based on the measurement result; calculating a second power consumed in the second power domain in digital mode based on an activity of the second power domain; and controlling a total power of the system on chip based on the first power and the second power. At least one of the measuring, calculating a first power, calculating a second power and controlling are performed by at least one processor.


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