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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2007
Applicants:
Robert D. Wickersham, Roy, WA (US);
William Rider, Shelton, WA (US);
Inventors:
Robert D. Wickersham, Roy, WA (US);
William Rider, Shelton, WA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In some embodiments, a regulator with a reverse coupled inductor is provided. It can operate in both a multi-phase and a phase shed mode. When in the phase shed mode, it has circuitry to provide a low resistance path for induced current.