Patent ID: 7459958

Claim:
A circuit, comprising: a first set of field effect transistors (FETs) having a designed first threshold voltage and a second set of FETs having a designed second threshold voltage, said first threshold voltage different from said second threshold voltage; a first monitor circuit containing at least one FET of said first set of FETs and a second monitor circuit containing at least one FET of said second set of FETs: a compare circuit adapted to generate a compare signal based on a performance measurement of said first monitor circuit and a performance measurement of said second monitor circuit, said compare circuit including a first edge counter connected between said first monitor circuit and a first comparator and a second edge counter connected between a reference clock and said first comparator; a control unit adapted to generate a control signal to a voltage regulator based on said compare signal, said voltage regulator adapted to supply a bias voltage to wells of FETs of said second set of FETs, the value of said bias voltage based on said control signal; an additional compare circuit including a third edge counter connected between said second monitor circuit and a second comparator and a fourth edge counter connected between said reference clock and said second comparator; a first memory device containing a first performance specification for said first monitor circuit coupled to said first comparator and a second memory device containing a second performance specification for said second monitor circuit coupled to said second comparator; wherein said control unit is adapted to generate an additional control signal based on an additional compare signal generated by said additional compare circuit; and an additional voltage regulator, said additional voltage regulator adapted to supply an additional bias voltage to wells of FETs of said first set of FETs, the value of said additional bias voltage based on said additional control signal.