IP Library Granted Patent US 8,296,489
Granted Patent B2
US 8,296,489 · App. 12/000,805 · Granted Oct 23, 2012

Priority control device

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Patent No.
US 8,296,489
App. No.
12/000,805
Granted
Oct 23, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A priority control device comprises a clock generator for generating a clock signal, a time interval generating unit having a plurality of signal routes and each of the signal routes has a different signal passing time respectively, and a logic control unit coupled to the outputs of the signal routes. The time interval generating unit determines the timing of receiving input signals according to the clock signal. The logic control unit receives the output signals of the signal routes for generating the control signals.

Claims (18)

1. A priority control device comprising:

a clock generator, for generating a clock signal;

a time interval generating unit, having a plurality of signal routes which have different signal passing times respectively, and said time interval generating unit controlling the timing of receiving input signals according to said clock signal; and

a logic control unit, coupled to the output of said signal routes, and for receiving the output signals of said signal routes to generate a plurality of control signals,

wherein each of said signal routes comprises a sense amplifier, and said sense amplifier in each different said signal route has a different VT value so as to make said signal routes having different signal passing times respectively.

2. The priority control device of claim 1 , wherein said time interval generating unit receives said input signals and let each one of said input signals pass through different one of said signal routes respectively.

3. The priority control device of claim 1 , wherein said clock generator generates said clock signal when said input signals are inputted to said time interval generating unit simultaneously.

4. The priority control device of claim 1 , wherein said control signals are applied for determining the power of using an I/O port.

5. The priority control device of claim 4 , wherein each of time intervals between said signal passing times of said signal routes enables said I/O port to complete at least one access operation.

6. The priority control device of claim 1 , wherein said logic control unit comprises a plurality of logic components.

7. A priority control device comprising:

a clock generator, for generating a clock signal;

a plurality of sense amplifiers, wherein one input of each said sense amplifier is for receiving said clock signal, and another input of each said sense amplifier is for receiving an access signal, and each different one of said sense amplifiers receives said access signal from different sources respectively, and said sense amplifiers have different voltage rise-times respectively; and

a logic control unit, coupled with outputs of said sense amplifiers, for determining the power of using an I/O port according to output signals of said sense amplifiers.

8. The priority control device of claim 7 , wherein said clock signal is for controlling the timing of said sense amplifiers to receive said access signals.

9. The priority control device of claim 7 , wherein said clock generator generates said clock signal when said access signals are inputted to said sense amplifiers simultaneously.

10. The priority control device of claim 7 , wherein said logic control unit comprises a plurality of logic components.

11. The priority control device of claim 7 , wherein each of said sense amplifiers has different voltage rise-time so as to make a signal passes through different said sense amplifiers with different signal passing times respectively.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Apr 13, 2020
From: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
To: MEDIATEK INC.
Reel/Frame 052381/0368 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2007
From: WANG, CHIEN CHUAN
To: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
Reel/Frame 020310/0092 →