Resonant virtual supply booster for synchronous digital circuits having a predictable evaluate time

A booster for a digital circuit block provides speed and reliability at lower static power supply voltages, reducing overall power consumption of the circuits. The booster includes a transistor that couples a dynamic power supply node to a static power supply and is disabled in response to a boost c...

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Hauptverfasser:	Ziegler, Matthew M, Joshi, Rajiv V
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC,OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWERSUPPLY SYSTEMS CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS,e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USERAPPLICATIONS CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF CONTROLLING CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUTPOWER CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRICITY GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS GENERATION PHYSICS REGULATING SYSTEMS FOR REGULATING ELECTRIC OR MAGNETIC VARIABLES TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE
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Zusammenfassung:	A booster for a digital circuit block provides speed and reliability at lower static power supply voltages, reducing overall power consumption of the circuits. The booster includes a transistor that couples a dynamic power supply node to a static power supply and is disabled in response to a boost clock. An inductor and capacitance, which may be the block power supply shunt capacitance, coupled to the dynamic power supply resonates so that the voltage of the dynamic power supply increases in magnitude to a value greater the static power supply voltage. A boost transistor is included in some embodiments to couple an edge of the clock to the dynamic power supply, increasing the voltage rise. Another aspect of the booster includes multiple boost transistors controlled by different boost clock phases so that the resonant boost circuit is successively stimulated to increase the amount of voltage rise.