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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2023
Applicant:
Stmicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Inventors:
Carmela Marchese, Milan, IT;
Rossella Bassoli, Monza, IT;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2019.01); G05F 1/10 (2006.01); G06F 1/3206 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/10 (2013.01); G06F 1/3206 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for performing dynamic current scaling of an input current of a voltage regulator are provided. The method and apparatus allow tuning current consumption in various applications, calculating a duration of an activity phase in which various algorithms are executed and activating dynamic current scaling of a regulator if the activity duration is shorter than a programmable threshold. A controller receives a threshold for an activity duration and a window size in which to evaluate the activity duration.