PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16244509
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["713", "300000"]

Abstract:
Methods, devices and systems are described that relate to an energy optimal computing control system, where clock rates and supply voltage are control knobs to adjust the total energy consumption of an electronic circuit. An ultra-wide voltage range, such as from near-threshold voltage to the device maximum voltage, is used to maximize the performance and to minimize the energy consumption. One example device includes a processor that receives or determines the temperature of the electronic circuit, and determines the optimum voltage levels and clock rates for the electronic circuit at the operating temperature. This information is provided to a voltage regulator and a clock generator to adjust the supply voltage and clock frequency accordingly.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for determining power or clock values for operation of a logic circuit, the method comprising:\n obtaining a first temperature of the logic circuit; determining a minimum power supply voltage to be provided to the logic circuit for the first temperature that corresponds to a clock rate that meets a predetermined timing requirement, or a maximum clock frequency for the logic circuit to operate at a given power supply voltage value for the first temperature; and providing one or both of information regarding the maximum clock rate to a clock generation circuit of the logic circuit or information regarding the minimum power supply voltage to a voltage regulator of the logic circuit, wherein the minimum power supply voltage or the maximum clock frequency are determined to cause the logic circuit to consume a minimum energy per unit time for the first temperature.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 73.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.89231
- Patent Class: 713.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10801714', '10115307', '14861997', '11222005', '14458428']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.3571087853439149
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4648692856014589
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.3678848353696693
- Mean Citation Score: 129.2485528
- Max Citation Score: 135.64073
- Similarity Product: 100.0340859834951

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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