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公开(公告)号：US20170317588A1
公开(公告)日：2017-11-02
申请号：US15489798
申请日：2017-04-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Shawn Searles , Vidhya Ramachandran
IPC: H02M3/158 , H01L25/065 , H01L27/108
Abstract: A system that includes multiple integrated circuits is disclosed. A first integrated circuit of the system includes a plurality of circuit blocks, and a first circuit block of the plurality of circuit blocks includes a first power terminal. A second integrated circuit of the system includes multiple voltage regulation circuits, a second power terminal coupled to an output of a given voltage regulation circuit, and a third power terminal coupled to an input of the given voltage regulation circuit. A substrate, included in the system, includes a plurality of conductive paths, each of which includes a plurality of wires fabricated on a plurality of conductive layers. The system further includes a power management unit that may be configured to generate a power supply voltage at a fourth power terminal that is coupled to the third power terminal via a first conductive path of the plurality of conductive paths.
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公开(公告)号：US20150222182A1
公开(公告)日：2015-08-06
申请号：US14287931
申请日：2014-05-27
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Shawn Searles , Emerson S. Fang
CPC classification number: H02M3/158 , H02M1/088 , H02M3/1584 , H02M3/1588 , Y02B70/1466
Abstract: A method and apparatus for augmenting an external voltage regulator with a shunt integrated voltage regulator is disclosed. In one embodiment, an integrated circuit (IC) includes a load circuit coupled to a supply voltage node. The supply voltage node is electrically coupled to receive a supply voltage from an external voltage regulator. The IC also includes a shunt integrated voltage regulator coupled to the supply voltage node and implemented on the same IC die as the load circuit. If the supply voltage falls below a specified value (e.g., to increased current demand), the integrated voltage regulator may begin supplying current to the load. This may cause the supply voltage to return to within its specified range of the specified value, while allowing the external voltage regulator sufficient time to respond to the increased current demand. Thus, voltage droops on the supply voltage node may be minimized.
Abstract translation: 公开了一种用于利用分流集成稳压器增强外部电压调节器的方法和装置。 在一个实施例中，集成电路（IC）包括耦合到电源电压节点的负载电路。 电源节点电耦合以从外部电压调节器接收电源电压。 IC还包括耦合到电源电压节点并在与负载电路相同的IC管芯上实现的分流集成稳压器。 如果电源电压低于指定值（例如，增加电流需求），集成稳压器可能开始向负载提供电流。 这可能导致电源电压恢复到指定值的指定范围内，同时允许外部电压调节器有足够的时间来响应增加的电流需求。 因此，电源电压节点上的电压下降可以被最小化。
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公开(公告)号：US20250157730A1
公开(公告)日：2025-05-15
申请号：US19028277
申请日：2025-01-17
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： David P. Cappabianca , Joseph T. DiBene, II , Shawn Searles , Le Wang , Yizhang Yang , Sean Cian O'Mathuna , Santosh Kulkarni , Paul McCloskey , Zoran Pavlovic , William Lawton , Graeme Maxwell , Joseph O'Brien , Hugh Charles Smiddy
Abstract: An inductor is disclosed, including a first wire, a non-conductive material, and a shell. The non-conductive material may cover the first wire, with a portion of each end of the first wire uncovered. The shell may include a top portion and a bottom portion and include at least one magnetized layer and at least one gap between the first portion and the second portion. The shell may also surround a portion of the non-conductive material.
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公开(公告)号：US20240313646A1
公开(公告)日：2024-09-19
申请号：US18618171
申请日：2024-03-27
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Hao Zhou , Sarfraz Shaikh , Jay B. Fletcher , Sanjay Pant , Mark A. Yoshimoto , Vincenzo Bisogno , Shawn Searles
Abstract: A power management circuit included in a computer system regulates a voltage level of a power supply node used by other circuits in the computer system. The power management circuit includes a control circuit and multiple phase circuits coupled to the regulated power supply node via corresponding inductors. The control circuit selectively activates particular ones of the multiple phase circuits allowing them source respective currents to the regulated power supply node. The control circuit also selectively activates particular ones of other phase circuits that are external to the power management circuit and coupled to the regulated power supply node via their own corresponding inductors. Once activated, the external phase circuits source respective currents to the regulated power supply node via their corresponding inductors.
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65.发明公开公开(公告)号：US20240243012A1
公开(公告)日：2024-07-18
申请号：US18622588
申请日：2024-03-29
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Vidhya Ramachandran , Jun Zhai , Chonghua Zhong , Kunzhong Hu , Shawn Searles , Joseph T. DiBene, II , Mengzhi Pang
CPC classification number: H01L21/77 , H01L22/20 , H01L24/32 , H01L24/73 , H01L25/03 , H01L25/16 , H01L25/18 , H01L24/17 , H01L2224/12105 , H01L2224/1403 , H01L2224/16145 , H01L2224/16227 , H01L2224/16235 , H01L2224/16265 , H01L2224/1703 , H01L2224/17181 , H01L2224/24195 , H01L2924/12 , H01L2924/1205 , H01L2924/1206 , H01L2924/1427 , H01L2924/1432 , H01L2924/1433 , H01L2924/1436 , H01L2924/15192 , H01L2924/15311 , H01L2924/18161 , H01L2924/18162 , H01L2924/19041 , H01L2924/19042 , H01L2924/19103 , H01L2924/19104
Abstract: Systems including voltage regulator circuits are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a voltage regulator controller integrated circuit (IC) die including one or more portions of a voltage regulator circuit. The apparatus further includes a capacitor die, an inductor die, and an interconnect layer arranged over the voltage regulator controller IC die, the capacitor die and the inductor die. The interconnect provides electrical connections between the voltage regulator controller IC die, the capacitor die and the inductor die to form the voltage regulator circuit. In a further embodiment, the voltage regulator controller IC die, the capacitor die and the inductor die are arranged in a planar fashion within a voltage regulator module. In still another embodiment, a system IC is coupled to the voltage regulator module and includes one or more functional circuit blocks coupled to receive a regulated supply voltage generated by the voltage regulator circuit.
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公开(公告)号：US11953967B2
公开(公告)日：2024-04-09
申请号：US18307508
申请日：2023-04-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Shawn Searles , Preethi Damodaran , Ofir Gilad , Michele De Fazio , Inder M. Sodhi , Enrico Zanetti , Olivier Girard , Lothar Münch , Andrea Barsanti , Andrea Lazzeri
IPC: G06F1/32 , G06F1/324 , G06F1/3296 , G06F1/3234
CPC classification number: G06F1/324 , G06F1/3296 , G06F1/3275
Abstract: A power management subsystem included in a computer system may include a host device and a power circuit group. The power circuit group includes multiple power circuits arranged in a tree-like structure. The resources of the multiple power circuits are mapped to corresponding addresses within a common address space. The host device sends, via a first communication bus, commands to a branch power circuit of the multiple power circuits, which, in turn, relays the commands, using a second communication bus, to corresponding ones of the other power circuits based on respective power resources specified in the commands received from the host device.
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公开(公告)号：US20230369972A1
公开(公告)日：2023-11-16
申请号：US18317679
申请日：2023-05-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Hao Zhou , Sarfraz Shaikh , Jay B. Fletcher , Sanjay Pant , Mark A. Yoshimoto , Vincenzo Bisogno , Shawn Searles
Abstract: A power management circuit included in a computer system regulates a voltage level of a power supply node used by other circuits in the computer system. The power management circuit includes a control circuit and multiple phase circuits coupled to the regulated power supply node via corresponding inductors. The control circuit selectively activates particular ones of the multiple phase circuits allowing them source respective currents to the regulated power supply node. The control circuit also selectively activates particular ones of other phase circuits that are external to the power management circuit and coupled to the regulated power supply node via their own corresponding inductors. Once activated, the external phase circuits source respective currents to the regulated power supply node via their corresponding inductors.
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68.发明公开公开(公告)号：US20230335440A1
公开(公告)日：2023-10-19
申请号：US18307554
申请日：2023-04-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Vidhya Ramachandran , Jun Zhai , Chonghua Zhong , Kunzhong Hu , Shawn Searles , Joseph T. DiBene, II , Mengzhi Pang
CPC classification number: H01L21/77 , H01L25/16 , H01L25/03 , H01L25/18 , H01L22/20 , H01L24/32 , H01L24/73 , H01L24/17 , H01L2924/1427 , H01L2924/1436 , H01L2924/19042 , H01L2924/1432 , H01L2924/19103 , H01L2224/12105 , H01L2224/1703 , H01L2924/19104 , H01L2224/16265 , H01L2924/15192 , H01L2224/16235 , H01L2924/19041 , H01L2224/16227 , H01L2224/24195 , H01L2924/1433 , H01L2924/18162 , H01L2224/1403 , H01L2224/16145 , H01L2924/15311 , H01L2924/18161 , H01L2224/17181 , H01L2924/12 , H01L2924/1205 , H01L2924/1206
Abstract: Systems that include integrated circuit dies and voltage regulator units are disclosed. Such systems may include a voltage regulator module and an integrated circuit mounted in a common system package. The voltage regulator module may include a voltage regulator circuit and one or more passive devices mounted to a common substrate, and the integrated circuit may include a System-on-a-chip. The system package may include an interconnect region that includes wires fabricated on multiple conductive layers within the interconnect region. At least one power supply terminal of the integrated circuit may be coupled to an output of the voltage regulator module via a wire included in the interconnect region.
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公开(公告)号：US20230333625A1
公开(公告)日：2023-10-19
申请号：US18307508
申请日：2023-04-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Shawn Searles , Preethi Damodaran , Ofir Gilad , Michele De Fazio , Inder M. Sodhi , Enrico Zanetti , Olivier Girard , Lothar Münch , Andrea Barsanti , Andrea Lazzeri
IPC: G06F1/324 , G06F1/3296
CPC classification number: G06F1/324 , G06F1/3296 , G06F1/3275
Abstract: A power management subsystem included in a computer system may include a host device and a power circuit group. The power circuit group includes multiple power circuits arranged in a tree-like structure. The resources of the multiple power circuits are mapped to corresponding addresses within a common address space. The host device sends, via a first communication bus, commands to a branch power circuit of the multiple power circuits, which, in turn, relays the commands, using a second communication bus, to corresponding ones of the other power circuits based on respective power resources specified in the commands received from the host device.
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公开(公告)号：US11742762B2
公开(公告)日：2023-08-29
申请号：US17934648
申请日：2022-09-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Alberto Alessandro Angelo Puggelli , Hubert Attah , Hao Zhou , Shawn Searles
CPC classification number: H02M3/1584 , H02M1/0025 , H02M1/0032 , H02M3/1586
Abstract: An apparatus includes a control circuit and a voltage regulator circuit coupled to a regulated power supply node. The voltage regulator circuit is configured to generate a power signal on the regulated power supply node using a reference voltage level. The apparatus further includes a control circuit that is configured to determine an operating mode using results of a comparison of a threshold value and a load current being drawn from the regulated power supply node by a load circuit. The control circuit may be further configured to set, in a first operating mode, the reference voltage level independently of the load current, and set, in a second operating mode, the reference voltage level using the load current.
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