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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2022
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Charles Boecker, Ames, IA (US);

Eric Groen, Ankeny, IA (US);

Shaishav A. Desai, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2019.01); G06F 1/04 (2006.01); G06F 1/3206 (2019.01); G06F 1/3296 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3206 (2013.01); G06F 1/04 (2013.01); G06F 1/3296 (2013.01);
Abstract

A domain control circuit includes a power regulator to supply power for a first domain on a power rail and a sequencing circuit to control the power regulator, and a clock gate signal to activate the domain. The sequencing circuit receives a domain control signal to control activation and deactivation of the domain. The domain control circuit deactivates the clock gate signal to the domain after controlling the power regulator to supply power for the domain on a power rail. In this manner, a voltage droop in a supply voltage on a power rail is reduced. In some examples, the clock gate signal to the domain is deactivated after a voltage increase on the power rail. In some examples, the power regulator includes a plurality of parallel regulator circuits and a regulator control circuit to determine a number of the parallel regulator circuits to be activated to power the domain.


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