Dynamic Clock Adjustment for Power Distribution Network Impedance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Devices and systems often operate outside their design specifications due to component degradation and manufacturing variations, leading to reduced reliability and stability.
Innovation Solution
A process that determines the impedance of a power distribution network across a range of frequencies and adjusts the load's functionality, such as operating frequency, based on this data to maintain operational specifications, using a self-test mechanism that includes impedance measurements and adjustments to prevent unstable conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If devices operate at higher frequencies to improve performance, then productivity increases, but reliability decreases due to impedance variations and instability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic clock adjustment where the operating frequency is continuously modified based on real-time impedance measurements. The system transitions from static frequency operation to dynamic frequency tuning, allowing the clock signal to adapt its frequency according to detected impedance variations in the power distribution network, thereby maintaining reliability while maximizing productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent establishes a feedback mechanism where impedance measurements from the power distribution network are fed back to the clock adjustment mechanism. This closed-loop system continuously monitors impedance changes and automatically adjusts the operating frequency in response, creating a self-regulating system that maintains stability while operating at optimal frequencies.
2Device complexity
If fixed operating frequency is used to simplify system design, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability decreases when impedance changes occur
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service by automatically detecting impedance changes and adjusting its own operating frequency without external intervention. The built-in impedance measurement and automatic clock adjustment mechanisms allow the system to self-regulate and adapt to impedance variations, eliminating the need for complex external control systems while maintaining high adaptability.
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AI summary
A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and system, the method including, in some embodiments, determining an impedance of a power distribution network of a load for a range of frequencies, and adjusting a functionality of the load based on a relationship between the impedance of the power distribution network for the range of frequencies and the functionality of the load.