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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2022
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Meghna Maheshkumar Patel, Navsari, IN;
Mudit Sunilkumar Khasgiwala, Milpitas, CA (US);
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An integrated voltage regulator (IVR) for on-chip integrated circuit applications may include a tunable inductor that may be adjusted to generate a target output for the IVR. The tunable inductor may include a piezoelectric material that may cause the relative permeability of the inductor to change based on an applied stimulus voltage. A control circuit may receive a target value, such as a target output voltage, and retrieve or calculate a target inductance value or voltage to be applied to the inductor to generate the target output value. A feedback circuit may monitor the output value and adjust the switching frequency or voltage applied to the inductor during operation in order to adjust the output value.