Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080288910 | STRUCTURE FOR ESTIMATING POWER CONSUMPTION OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITRY - A design structure is embodied in a machine readable medium for designing, manufacturing, or testing integrated circuitry. The design structure includes first hardware for executing first software in response to macros that describe the integrated circuitry, and for generating a set of constants in response to the execution of the first software. Second hardware is for receiving the set of constants from the first hardware, and for executing second software in response to the macros and the set of constants, and for estimating a power consumption of the integrated circuitry in response to the execution of the second software. | 11-20-2008 |
20090132834 | Distributing Integrated Circuit Net Power Accurately in Power and Thermal Analysis - A method, system, and computer program product are provided for distributing net power accurately. A workload is simulated operating on an integrated circuit. Net switching activity is determined for a set of nets and a set of subnets in the integrated circuit. Net switching data is generated based on the net switching activity. A net power value is calculated for each individual net and each individual subnet using the net switching data and a net capacitance for each individual net or subnet. Each calculated net power value is assigned to one of a set of source devices that drives the individual net or subnet, wherein the net power is distributed accurately. A net power assignment list is generated based on the assigning of each net power value to one of the set of source devices that drives the individual net or subnet. | 05-21-2009 |
20090295402 | VOLTAGE ISLAND PERFORMANCE/LEAKAGE SCREEN MONITOR FOR IP CHARACTERIZATION - A method is provided for characterizing performance of a chip having at least one voltage island and at least one performance screen ring oscillator (PSRO). An on-chip performance monitor (OCPM) is incorporated on the voltage island. Performance measurements of the voltage island are generated with only the voltage island under power. Performance measurements of the performance screen ring oscillator (PSRO) are generated with only the voltage island under power. Performance measurements of the performance screen ring oscillator (PSRO) is compared to the performance measurements of the on-chip performance monitor (OCPM) to determine a systematic offset due to the voltage island. Performance models are adjusted using the systematic offset due to the voltage island. | 12-03-2009 |
20110072406 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING POWER CONSUMPTION OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITRY - A design structure is embodied in a machine readable medium for designing, manufacturing, or testing integrated circuitry. The design structure includes first hardware for executing first software in response to macros that describe the integrated circuitry, and for generating a set of constants in response to the execution of the first software. Second hardware is for receiving the set of constants from the first hardware, and for executing second software in response to the macros and the set of constants, and for estimating a power consumption of the integrated circuitry in response to the execution of the second software. | 03-24-2011 |
20140249782 | DYNAMIC POWER PREDICTION WITH PIN ATTRIBUTE DATA MODEL - Systems and methods are provided for modeling the power consumption of intellectual property (IP) components of a chip by defining how individual pins operate in a particular application. A method is provided for performing a power analysis of an IP design. The method includes generating an activity map that reflects power attributes for each pin that impacts power in the IP design. The method also includes generating specific activity assertions based on the power attributes and chip level usage information for the IP design. The method further includes using a computing device to perform the power analysis using the specific activity assertions. | 09-04-2014 |
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20080276817 | Printed security mark - Embodiments of a printed security mark and a process are disclosed. | 11-13-2008 |
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20130278928 | SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY CALIBRATION CURVE GENERATING SYSTEMS - A surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy calibration curve generating system includes a SERS sensor, which includes a substrate and a plurality of sensing members formed on the substrate. Each of the sensing members includes a plurality of SERS signal amplifying structures. An inkjet dispensing device is to dispense different concentrations of a solution including a known analyte of interest onto the respective sensing members to form a concentration dependent array. A Raman spectrometer is to interrogate the concentration dependent array. A processor is operatively connected to each of the inkjet dispensing device and the Raman spectrometer. Computer-readable instructions are embedded on a non-transitory, tangible computer-readable medium and are executable by the processor. The computer-readable instructions are to automatically generate an intensity profile as a function of concentration for the concentration dependent array. | 10-24-2013 |
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20150316465 | SERS STRUCTURES WITH NANOPOROUS MATERIALS - The present disclosure describes a surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) apparatus and methods of forming and using the SERS apparatus. An example of a SERS apparatus includes a nanoporous material on an upper surface of a substrate, a plurality of SERS-active structures on an upper surface of the nanoporous material, and a Raman-active material on a surface of each of SERS-active structures. | 11-05-2015 |
20150330902 | Gas-Phase Delivery System for Molecule Sensing Apparatus - Molecule sensing apparatus. The apparatus has first and second chambers, an input port extending into the first chamber, a fluid channel extending from the first chamber to the second chamber, and a surface-enhanced substrate in the second chamber. | 11-19-2015 |
20160032120 | COLORANT - A colorant for a printing apparatus is described. The colorant has a first component and a second component. The first component is configured to reflect radiation having a first set of wavelengths when the colorant is arranged on a substrate. The second component is configured to absorb radiation having a second set of wavelengths and emit radiation having a third set of wavelengths when the colorant is arranged on the substrate, the first and third set of wavelengths having at least one common wavelength. | 02-04-2016 |
20160034795 | COLOR MAPPING - A method for generating a color mapping for a printing apparatus is described. The printing apparatus includes a plurality of colorants including a first colorant configured to reflect radiation having a first set of wavelengths and a second colorant configured to absorb radiation having a second set of wavelengths and emit radiation having a third set of wavelengths. The method includes obtaining spectral characteristics for the plurality of colorants, computing a gamut of colors available to the printing apparatus and determining a color mapping from an input color space to an output color space. | 02-04-2016 |
20160034796 | SPECTRAL PRINT CONTROL BASED ON SPECIFIC SPECTRAL RANGES OF COLORANTS - Certain methods and systems are described that allow the spectral control of a print output. A plurality of colorants are used where one or more colorants contain nanoparticles. Each colorants has a specified spectral range corresponding to the constituent nanoparticles. To print with these colorants a spectral separation may be used that maps an input color with associated spectral information or direct spectral information to print control data, the print control data having defined values for depositions with each combination of the colorants. The spectral separation may be constructed by characterizing a set of spectral Neugebauer primaries for the plurality of colorants. | 02-04-2016 |
20160037017 | ENCODING DATA IN AN IMAGE - Certain methods and systems are described for encoding data in an image. According to an example, a set of metamers under a first set of conditions may be determined that vary under a second set of conditions. These may be used to generate a set of color mappings for a sampled color value, each color mapping being used for a different data value in the data. As such the data values may be detectable when the image is observed under the second set of conditions but not detectable when the image is observed under the first set of conditions. | 02-04-2016 |