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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2003
Christopher A. Poirier, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Samuel D. Naffziger, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Christopher J. Bostak, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Christopher A. Poirier, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Samuel D. Naffziger, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Christopher J. Bostak, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method for measuring integrated circuit processor power demand comprises calibrating one or more voltage controlled oscillators for use as ammeters, calibrating a calibration current source, wherein the calibration current source draws current through a inherent resistance, calibrating the inherent resistance, and interleaving said calibrations in time with calculating the processor power demand using a voltage that is measured across the inherent resistance.