Invention Grant
- Patent Title: On die voltage regulation with distributed switches
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Application No.: US15632765Application Date: 2017-06-26
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Publication No.: US10218273B2Publication Date: 2019-02-26
- Inventor: Erhan Ergin , Dipanjan Sengupta , Elsie Lo , Stephen V. Kosonocky , Sree Rajesh Saha , Divya Guruja
- Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. , ATI Technologies ULC
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara CA Markham
- Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.,ATI Technologies ULC
- Current Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.,ATI Technologies ULC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara CA Markham
- Agency: Zagorin Cave LLP
- Main IPC: H02M3/158
- IPC: H02M3/158

Abstract:
A distributed voltage regulator has switches that function as resistors and are distributed in rows in a grid pattern across a regulated voltage domain. The switches receive an unregulated voltage and supply the regulated voltage. Switch control lines selectively enable the switches to achieve the desired voltage regulation. Droop detect circuits are also distributed through regulated voltage domain. The droop detect circuits detect when the regulated voltage is below a threshold and supply droop detect signals indicative thereof. A plurality of select circuits receive a first group of control lines to configure the switches for charge injection in response to a droop condition and a second group of control lines to configure the switches for other voltage regulation. The select circuits select one of the first and second group of control lines as switch control lines to configure the switches based on the droop detect signals.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180374853A1 ON DIE VOLTAGE REGULATION WITH DISTRIBUTED SWITCHES Public/Granted day:2018-12-27
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