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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Pavan M. Kumar, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); H02M 3/156 (2006.01); H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H02J 7/34 (2006.01); H02M 3/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); G06F 1/3296 (2013.01); G06F 1/26 (2013.01); G06F 1/266 (2013.01); G06F 1/32 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); H02J 7/345 (2013.01); H02M 3/07 (2013.01); H02M 3/156 (2013.01); H02M 2003/1586 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus relating to a single capacitor multi-phase three-level buck Voltage Regulator (VR) are described. In an embodiment, voltage regulator logic includes a first phase portion and a second phase portion. The voltage regulator logic also includes a single capacitor coupled between switches of the first phase portion and the second phase portion. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.