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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2002
James S. Burns, Cupertino, CA (US);
Kenneth D. Shoemaker, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Sudarshan Kumar, Fremont, CA (US);
Tom E. Wang, Milpitas, CA (US);
David J. Ayers, Fremont, CA (US);
Vivek Tiwari, San Jose, CA (US);
James S. Burns, Cupertino, CA (US);
Kenneth D. Shoemaker, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Sudarshan Kumar, Fremont, CA (US);
Tom E. Wang, Milpitas, CA (US);
David J. Ayers, Fremont, CA (US);
Vivek Tiwari, San Jose, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for compensating for current-change induced voltage changes is disclosed. In one embodiment, a digital throttle unit coupled to an instruction pipeline may generate a compensating current signal, which may then cause a dummy load to consume a compensating current. In another embodiment, a counter responsive to changes in clock frequency may generate a ramp current signal, which may then cause a dummy load to consume a current corresponding to the ramp current signal.