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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
John W. Horigan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Daniel F. Gilbride, San Jose, CA (US);
Don J. Nguyen, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/40 ; H05B 1/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/40 ; H05B 1/02 ;
Abstract
A voltage regulator is described which uses external resistors to set a load line and offset. During initial operation and also during normal operation the load line and offset are reset by placing, for instance, the microprocessor in a high active state, low active state and in a sleep mode. By dynamically changing the load line and offset voltage, minimum current is drawn thus extending battery life.