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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael T. Zhang, Portland, OR (US);
Michael W. Eisele, Paradise Valley, AZ (US);
Robert T. Carroll, Andover, MA (US);
William B. Pohlman, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Kenneth A. Ostrom, Palos Verde, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/342 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/342 ;
Abstract
A shunt voltage regulator for a processor is disposed on the processor package. The shunt voltage regulator responds to AC transients. One embodiment includes a DC power converter voltage regulator that is disposed off the processor package, and that is optimized for DC power conversion. Another embodiment includes a method of improving fabrication yield for a packaged processor.