Analog tile selection/placement/configuration/programming tools

Abstract

The invention discloses an analog patch selection / placement / configuration / programming (ATSPCP) tool, which transmits power management characteristic inquiry through a network. A query is displayed to the user with a web page, and the content of the query includes the target characteristics of the PMIC. After receiving the user's response to the query, the tool selects a series of power management integrated circuit tiles with a predefined physical structure. Each tile contains a bus portion and a storage structure for storing configuration information. When the tiles are combined in a multi-tile power management integrated circuit, the bus sections are connected to form a standard bus to which all signals apply. The ATSPCP tool synthesizes the physical layout data of each tile to form a comprehensive physical layout data of the overall multi-tile power management integrated circuit.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to integrated circuits in the field of programmable power management, and more particularly to selecting power management integrated circuit tiles, placing and controlling the tiles to form the desired power management integrated circuits, configuring the integrated circuits and / or programming the integrated circuits Make it meet customer requirements. Background technique [0002] figure 1 is a schematic diagram of an existing system 1 including an analog integrated circuit 2 and a microcontroller integrated circuit 3 , wherein the analog integrated circuit 2 is sometimes also called a power management unit or PMU. It is an urgent need to design and manufacture PMUs that meet user requirements in a relatively short period of time. Often, a customer's requirement may be that the PMU2 includes some different types of analog circuitry. For example, the analog integrated circuit may be an integrated circuit silicon chip wi...

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Problems solved by technology

The second customer may require the PMU to have 8 outputs, each of which also outputs a different controlled voltage

[0006] Many of the above limitations directly lead to an increase in the design cost and time required for custom-made PMU solutions

Although each PMU may be designed to have a lot of functions, it still cannot meet the special requirements of some customers, and this multifunctional PMU is expensive and bulky, and in the final product formed, some of the circuits it contains are also may not be exploited

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