Starting driver with performance-adjusted performance gating
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- DE · DE
- Patent Type
- Patents
- Current Assignee / Owner
- MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC
- Filing Date
- 2022-06-28
- Publication Date
- 2026-04-15
AI Technical Summary
Existing output drivers in computing systems experience impedance mismatch and increased power consumption due to the introduction of power control transistors, which are not adequately compensated for when the number of active slices changes, leading to operational inefficiencies.
Implementing a power state control circuit that adjusts the channel width of power control transistors in proportion to the number of active slices in the output driver, using multiple smaller transistors to maintain consistent impedance and reduce leakage current.
This approach maintains consistent impedance and reduces power consumption by dynamically adjusting the channel width of power control transistors, thereby minimizing transmission losses and bit error rates across varying manufacturing and operational conditions.