Patent ID: 8677171
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of determining a timing or clock signal flow or path of a synchronously controlled first circuit comprising a plurality of initiators and a plurality of modules, each module comprising at least one of the initiators at which the module receives the timing or clock signal, each module further comprising one or more second circuits, each of the one or more second circuits operating according to a timing of one of the initiators, the method comprising: determining, for each of the initiators, a power consumption over time in response to a clocking or timing pulse/period/cycle/event of each initiator, each of the determined power consumptions being one of an actual power consumption and an estimated power consumption; and estimating, on the basis of the determined power consumptions, a timing relationship between the initiators so that a parameter based on the determined power consumptions fulfills at least one desired criterion, wherein the determining comprises, determining a power consumption over time for any of the second circuits that operate according to a same initiator.