PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15952602
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["716", "108000"]

Abstract:
In an approach for determining voltage and frequency pairs, the computer identifies an integrated circuit design. The computer identifies a timing model associated with the identified integrated circuit design. The computer identifies at least a nominal voltage, a nominal clock signal, and a voltage range associated with the integrated circuit design. The computer receives a number n that defines the number of at least one alternate voltage within the voltage range. The computer analyzes the identified integrated circuit based on the received number n for each number n for at least one alternate voltage within the voltage range. The computer calculates a nominal slack. The computer calculates one or more clock periods based on the calculated nominal slack. The computer provides a report based on the calculated one or more clock periods.

Claim (Index 1):
A computer system for determining voltage and frequency pairs, the computer system comprising:\n one or more computer processors, one or more computer readable storage media, and program instructions stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising: program instructions to identify an integrated circuit design; program instructions to identify a timing model associated with the identified integrated circuit design; program instructions to identify at least a nominal voltage, a nominal clock signal, and a voltage range associated with the integrated circuit design; program instructions to receive a number n that defines the number of at least one alternate voltage within the voltage range; program instructions to analyze the identified integrated circuit based on the received number n for each number n for at least one alternate voltage within the voltage range; program instructions to perform a single statistical static timing analysis for the identified integrated circuit based on the received number n for each number n for at least one alternate voltage within the voltage range, wherein the single statistical static timing analysis calculates voltage sensitivity via finite differencing with respect to the identified timing model; program instructions to create a canonical variability of frequency dependent tests, wherein the clock period and voltage are parameterized; program instructions perform a multi-corner static timing analysis for the identified integrated circuit based on the received number n for each number n for the identified at least one alternate voltage within the voltage range; program instructions to calculate a timing at a first voltage point and a timing second voltage point; program instructions to calculate a sensitivity to voltage that is a difference between the timing at the first voltage point and the timing at a second voltage point; program instructions calculate a nominal slack; program instructions to calculate one or more clock periods based on the calculated nominal slack; program instructions to solve a slack equation for a clock period; program instructions to calculate the clock period for each number n by inserting each calculated voltage for each number n into the solved slack equation for the clock period; program instructions to provide a report based on the calculated one or more clock periods; and program instructions to optimize a voltage and frequency pairing for a best power-performance balance, wherein the voltage and frequency pairing meets a maximum power and a minimum frequency.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.75
- Patent Class: 716.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15286903', '15952558', '15659775', '15244541', '15436895']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.3668800381133286
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4894490459730989
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.3791369388993056
- Mean Citation Score: 282.965198
- Max Citation Score: 310.44672
- Similarity Product: 302.1187428376007

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

Dataset: test