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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2005
Filed:
May. 15, 2002
Benjamim Tang, Hawthorne, CA (US);
Kenneth Ostrom, Palos Verdes Estates, CA (US);
Timothy NG, Monterey Park, CA (US);
Keith Nelson Bassett, Torrance, CA (US);
Nicholas Robert Steffen, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Clifford Duong, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
William Pohlman, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Robert Carroll, Andover, MA (US);
Benjamim Tang, Hawthorne, CA (US);
Kenneth Ostrom, Palos Verdes Estates, CA (US);
Timothy Ng, Monterey Park, CA (US);
Keith Nelson Bassett, Torrance, CA (US);
Nicholas Robert Steffen, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Clifford Duong, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
William Pohlman, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Robert Carroll, Andover, MA (US);
Primarion, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and system for providing operating power and transient suppression power to a microelectronic device are disclosed. The system includes a primary regulator to supply nominal operating power and to respond to relatively slow transient events and a transient suppression regulator to respond to fast transient power events. The system also includes a sense circuit to detect when a transient event occurs and to send a signal to the transient suppression regulator to supply or sink current to the load in response to a sensed transient power event.