Patents by Inventor Michael S. McGregor

Michael S. McGregor has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9154123
    Abstract: An integrated circuit can include a plurality of drive monitoring sections, each including at least one transistor under test (TUT) having a source coupled to a first power supply node, a gate coupled to receive a start indication, and a drain coupled to a monitor node, at least one monitor capacitor coupled to the monitor node, and a timing circuit configured to generate a monitor value corresponding to a rate at which the TUT can transfer current between the monitor node and the first power supply node; and a body bias circuit configured to apply a body bias voltage to at least one body region in which at least one transistor is formed; wherein the body bias voltage is generated in response to at least a plurality of the monitor values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Mie Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
    Inventors: Lawrence T. Clark, Michael S. McGregor, Robert Rogenmoser, David A. Kidd, Augustine Kuo
  • Patent number: 8816754
    Abstract: An integrated circuit can include an operational section comprising a first body bias circuit coupled to drive first body regions to a first bias voltage in response to at least first bias values; a second body bias circuit coupled to drive second body regions to a second bias voltage in response to at least second bias values; a plurality of monitoring sections formed in a same substrate as the operational section, each configured to output a monitor value reflecting a different process variation effect on circuit performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: SuVolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence T. Clark, Michael S. McGregor, Robert Rogenmoser, David A. Kidd, Augustine Kuo