20140139283 | EXTREME ENVIRONMENT COMPENSATION CONTROLLER FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - A circuit monitors an electronic circuit for the effects of extreme temperatures, high Total Ionizing Dose (TID), very low (down to sub-threshold) supply voltages, process variations, and other performance altering phenomena. The circuit then generates signals that are applied to the electronic circuit to compensate for these effects. The design generates voltages that are applied to either body terminals of semiconductor technologies (e.g. MOSFET, CMOS, SOI, and others) or bottom gates of independently double gated technologies to provide compensation. The design includes a reference circuit that is adjusted until its performance is restored. The signals found that compensate the reference circuit are applied throughout the IC. | 05-22-2014 |