Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Non-linear control for voltage regulator
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Application No.: US13907802Application Date: 2013-05-31
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Publication No.: US09696350B2Publication Date: 2017-07-04
- Inventor: Edward A. Burton , Gerhard Schrom , Michael W. Rogers , Alexander Lyakhov , Ravi Sankar Vunnam , Jonathan P. Douglas , Fabrice Paillet , J. Keith Hodgson , William Dawson Kesling , Chiu Keung Tang , Narayanan Raghuraman , Narayanan Natarajan , Samie Samaan , George Geannopoulos
- Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP
- Main IPC: H02M3/157
- IPC: H02M3/157 ; G01R19/00 ; H03L5/00 ; H03M1/66 ; G06T3/40 ; H02M3/156 ; H02M1/088 ; H02M3/158 ; H03M1/68 ; H02M1/00

Abstract:
Described is an apparatus having a non-linear control to manage power supply droop at an output of a voltage regulator. The apparatus comprises: a first inductor for coupling to a load; a capacitor, coupled to the first inductor, and for coupling to the load; a first high-side switch couple to the first inductor; a first low-side switch coupled to the first inductor; a bridge controller to control when to turn on and off the first high-side and first low-side switches; and a non-linear control (NLC) unit to monitor output voltage on the load, and to cause the bridge controller to turn on the first high-side switch and turn off the first low-side switch when a voltage droop is detected on the load.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140266119A1 NON-LINEAR CONTROL FOR VOLTAGE REGULATOR Public/Granted day:2014-09-18
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