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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2003
Robert Fulton, Folsom, CA (US);
Andrew Volk, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Chinnugounder Senthilkumar, Folsom, CA (US);
Robert Fulton, Folsom, CA (US);
Andrew Volk, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Chinnugounder Senthilkumar, Folsom, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
According to an embodiment of the invention, a method and apparatus for DC voltage conversion are described. According to one embodiment, a voltage converter comprises a current mirror, the current mirror being coupled with a power source; a first transistor device coupled with a bias generator to receive a bias voltage; a second transistor device coupled between the current mirror and the first transistor device; and an output transistor device, a gate of the output transistor device being coupled with a gate of the second transistor device and to the current mirror.