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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2010
Applicants:
Malay Trivedi, Chandler, AZ (US);
Tong H. Kim, Chandler, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Malay Trivedi, Chandler, AZ (US);
Tong H. Kim, Chandler, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 1/00 (2006.01); H01H 9/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A high-speed low dropout (HS-LDO) voltage regulation circuit suitable to enable a power gate unit to produce a variable voltage signal based on the load of a processor is disclosed herein. In various embodiments, selection logic may dynamically enable or disable the HS-LDO circuit to allow the power gate unit to operate under a fully-on or fully-off mode. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.