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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jaydeep P. Kulkarni, Portland, OR (US);
Pascal A. Meinerzhagen, Lausanne, CH;
Dinesh Somasekhar, Portland, OR (US);
James W. Tschanz, Portland, OR (US);
Vivek K. De, Beaverton, OR (US);
Assignee:
INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/10 (2006.01); G05F 3/02 (2006.01); H02M 3/07 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); H03K 3/037 (2006.01); H03K 19/21 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/073 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); H02J 7/00 (2013.01); H03K 3/0377 (2013.01); H03K 19/21 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described is an apparatus for power management. The apparatus comprises: a first power supply node; a second power supply node; a controllable device coupled to the first power supply node and to the second power supply node, the controllable device operable to short the first power supply node to the second power supply node; a load coupled to the second power supply node; and a charge recovery pump (CRP) coupled to the first and second power supply nodes.