Reducing power dissipation using process corner information

Details Reducing power dissipation using process corner information Reducing power dissipation using process corner information

2011-08-02

2011-08-02

Nguyen, Tony T (Department: 2618)

Telecommunications

Receiver or analog modulated signal frequency converter

C455S226100, C455S507000

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07991369

ABSTRACT:
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for determining process corner information of an integrated circuit (IC) and controlling at least one analog current for at least one analog circuit of the IC based on the process corner information. More specifically, if the process corner information is indicative of a fast corner IC, the analog current may be scaled down. At the same time that the analog current is scaled down, a current consumption level of digital circuitry of the IC may increase. In this way, overall power consumption of the IC may be reduced to the extent that the analog current(s) are scaled.

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