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Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2007

Filed:

Dec. 30, 2003
Applicants:

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);

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:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 13/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
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.


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