公开(公告)号：US09696350B2

公开(公告)日：2017-07-04

申请号：US13907802

申请日：2013-05-31

Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION

Inventor： Edward A. Burton ,  Gerhard Schrom ,  Michael W. Rogers ,  Alexander Lyakhov ,  Ravi Sankar Vunnam ,  Jonathan P. Douglas ,  Fabrice Paillet ,  J. Keith Hodgson ,  William Dawson Kesling ,  Chiu Keung Tang ,  Narayanan Raghuraman ,  Narayanan Natarajan ,  Samie Samaan ,  George Geannopoulos

IPC: H02M3/157 ,  G01R19/00 ,  H03L5/00 ,  H03M1/66 ,  G06T3/40 ,  H02M3/156 ,  H02M1/088 ,  H02M3/158 ,  H03M1/68 ,  H02M1/00

CPC classification number: G01R19/0092 ,  G06T3/40 ,  H02M1/088 ,  H02M3/156 ,  H02M3/157 ,  H02M3/158 ,  H02M2001/0009 ,  H02M2003/1566 ,  H03L5/00 ,  H03M1/66 ,  H03M1/685

Abstract: Described is an apparatus having a non-linear control to manage power supply droop at an output of a voltage regulator. The apparatus comprises: a first inductor for coupling to a load; a capacitor, coupled to the first inductor, and for coupling to the load; a first high-side switch couple to the first inductor; a first low-side switch coupled to the first inductor; a bridge controller to control when to turn on and off the first high-side and first low-side switches; and a non-linear control (NLC) unit to monitor output voltage on the load, and to cause the bridge controller to turn on the first high-side switch and turn off the first low-side switch when a voltage droop is detected on the load.