公开(公告)号：US11323026B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-03

申请号：US16563495

申请日：2019-09-06

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Takao Oshita ,  Fabrice Paillet ,  Rinkle Jain ,  Jad Rizk ,  Danny Bronstein ,  Ahmad Arnaot

IPC: H02M3/07 ,  H02M1/00 ,  G06F1/3234 ,  H03K5/24

Abstract: An on-die voltage regulator (VR) is provided that can deliver much higher conversion efficiency than the traditional solution (e.g., FIVR, LDO) during the standby mode of a system-on-chip (SOC), and it can save the power consumption significantly, during the connected standby mode. The VR operates as a switched capacitor VR under the low load current condition that is common during the standby mode of the SOC, while it automatically switches to the digital linear VR operation to handle a sudden high load current condition at the exit from the standby condition. A digital proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller or a digital proportional-derivative-averaging (PDA) controller is used to achieve a very low power operation with stability and robustness. As such, the hybrid VR achieves much higher conversion efficiency than the linear voltage regulator (LVR) for low load current condition (e.g., lower than 500 mA).

公开(公告)号：US11271475B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-08

申请号：US16440901

申请日：2019-06-13

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Rinkle Jain ,  Jonathan Douglas ,  Shivadarshan Rajeurs

IPC: G11C5/14 ,  H02M3/07 ,  G06F1/26 ,  H03K3/037

Abstract: Disclosed is an N:1 (where N is an integer such as 3 or higher) resonant star topology converter to generate an input supply (e.g., 1.8V) for a processor (e.g., a system-on-chip (SOC)) from a higher power supply source (e.g., 12.6V) such as a battery or other source. The resonant star topology based regulator can be realized by a combination of on-die and on-package components as opposed to voltage regulators on motherboard with discrete inductor and capacitors. In one example, capacitors of the N:1 resonant star topology are implemented as multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCC). The architecture of the N:1 resonant star topology based regulator results in high bandwidth. For example, compared to traditional step-down voltage regulators, the N:1 resonant star topology based regulator exhibits ten times higher bandwidth.

公开(公告)号：US10698432B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-30

申请号：US13801777

申请日：2013-03-13

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Yi-Chun Shih ,  Kaushik Mazumdar ,  Stephen T. Kim ,  Rinkle Jain ,  James W. Tschanz ,  Muhammad M. Khellah

IPC: G05F1/00 ,  G05F1/46 ,  H02M3/156 ,  G05F1/563

Abstract: Described is an apparatus which comprises: a plurality of transistors coupled to an input power supply and to a load; a first comparator with a first node coupled to the load, and a second node coupled to a first reference; a second comparator with a first node coupled to the load, and a second node coupled to a second reference, the second reference being different from the first reference; and a logic unit to receive output of the first comparator and output of the second comparator, the logic unit to turn on or off transistors of the plurality of transistors according to outputs of the first and second comparators.

公开(公告)号：US09911689B2

公开(公告)日：2018-03-06

申请号：US15038623

申请日：2013-12-23

Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION

Inventor： Kevin J. Lee ,  Ruchir Saraswat ,  Uwe Zillmann ,  Nicholas P. Cowley ,  Andre Schaefer ,  Rinkle Jain ,  Guido Droege

IPC: H01L21/48 ,  H01L23/522 ,  H01L21/768 ,  H01L49/02 ,  H01L25/065 ,  H01L23/48 ,  H01L21/822 ,  H01L23/492 ,  H01L23/498 ,  H01L27/06

CPC classification number: H01L23/5223 ,  H01L21/4846 ,  H01L21/486 ,  H01L21/4875 ,  H01L21/76898 ,  H01L21/8221 ,  H01L23/481 ,  H01L23/492 ,  H01L23/498 ,  H01L23/49827 ,  H01L23/49838 ,  H01L23/49894 ,  H01L25/0657 ,  H01L27/0629 ,  H01L28/90 ,  H01L2225/06544 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H01L2924/00

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for forming a through-body-via (TBV) isolated coaxial capacitor in a semiconductor die. In some embodiments, a cylindrical capacitor provided using the disclosed techniques may include, for example, a conductive TBV surrounded by a dielectric material and an outer conductor plate. The TBV and outer plate can be formed, for example, so as to be self-aligned with one another in a coaxial arrangement, in accordance with some embodiments. The disclosed capacitor may extend through the body of a host die such that its terminals are accessible on the upper and/or lower surfaces thereof. Thus, in some cases, the host die can be electrically connected with another die to provide a die stack or other three-dimensional integrated circuit (3D IC), in accordance with some embodiments. In some instances, the disclosed capacitor can be utilized, for example, to provide integrated capacitance in a switched-capacitor voltage regulator (SCVR).

公开(公告)号：US08856562B2

公开(公告)日：2014-10-07

申请号：US13862831

申请日：2013-04-15

Applicant: Intel Corporation

Inventor： Lilly Huang ,  Krishnan Ravichandran ,  Rinkle Jain ,  Tomm V. Aldridge

IPC: G06F1/26 ,  H02M3/07 ,  G05F3/02

CPC classification number: G05F3/02 ,  H02M3/07

Abstract: In some embodiments, a voltage regulator device may include a switched capacitor voltage regulator to receive an input voltage and to provide an output voltage to a load, and a control unit to receive information related to a desired output voltage for the switched capacitor voltage regulator and to determine a desired input voltage for the switched capacitor voltage regulator based on the desired output voltage and selected operation mode or modes of switched capacitor voltage regulator. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.

Abstract translation: 在一些实施例中，电压调节器装置可以包括接收输入电压并向负载提供输出电压的开关电容器电压调节器，以及用于接收与开关电容器电压调节器的期望输出电压有关的信息的控制单元，以及 基于期望的输出电压和选择的操作模式或开关电容器电压调节器的模式来确定开关电容器电压调节器的期望输入电压。 公开和要求保护其他实施例。