Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Providing additional current capacity to a processor for a turbo mode
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Application No.: US13785270Application Date: 2013-03-05
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Publication No.: US09122467B2Publication Date: 2015-09-01
- Inventor: James S. Dinh , Robert D. Wickersham , Daniel Kingsley , Edward L. Payton
- Applicant: Intel Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Trop, Pruner & Hu, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F1/26
- IPC: G06F1/26 ; G05D3/12 ; G05F1/10 ; G06F11/30 ; H02M1/00 ; H02M3/156

Abstract:
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a primary voltage regulator to couple a regulated voltage to a processor via a supply line. This regulator includes a multi-phase controller to provide the regulated voltage in multiple phases and to provide a maximum current output sufficient to meet a thermal design power (TDP) of the processor. In addition, an auxiliary voltage regulator may be configured to provide an excess current to the processor via the supply line for a time limited duration, e.g., based on the supply line state. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140082381A1 PROVIDING ADDITIONAL CURRENT CAPACITY TO A PROCESSOR FOR A TURBO MODE Public/Granted day:2014-03-20
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