PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15952558
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 program product for determining voltage and frequency pairs, the computer program product comprising:\n one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, 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', '15952602', '15659775', '15244541', '15436895']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.3649309998881522
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4868785216579774
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.3771257520651347
- Mean Citation Score: 277.753372
- Max Citation Score: 305.08948
- Similarity Product: 297.25514415523764

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