Apparatus for improving performance of field programmable gate arrays and associated methods

Abstract

A field programmable gate array (FPGA) includes a set of monitor circuits adapted to provide indications of process, voltage, and temperature for at least one circuit in the FPGA, and a controller adapted to derive a range of body-bias values for the at least one circuit from the indications of process, voltage, and temperature for the at least one circuit. The FPGA further includes a body-bias generator adapted to provide a body-bias signal to at least one transistor in the at least one circuit. The body-bias signal has a value within the range of body-bias values.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This patent application is related to U.S. Patent Application No. _______, entitled "Apparatus for Configuring Performance of Field Programmable Gate Arrays and Associated Methods," filed on _____, Attorney Docket No. ALTR104. technical field [0003] The disclosed concepts relate generally to electronic circuits and devices, such as field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), and more particularly to apparatus and associated methods for increasing the performance of FPGAs. Background technique [0004] Advances in electronics have resulted in an increasing number of functions and capabilities being implemented by semiconductor devices, such as integrated circuits (ICs) such as FPGAs. To provide these functions and capabilities, semiconductor devices, such as FPGAs, continue to include an increasing number of transistors. [0005] Semiconductor technology continues to drive the trend toward higher device densities and sm...

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Those trends have in turn resulted in increased power consumption in ICs such as FPGAs

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