公开(公告)号：US07039817B2

公开(公告)日：2006-05-02

申请号：US10337619

申请日：2003-01-07

申请人： Andrew S. Burnham ,  Paul Garnett ,  J. Rothe Kinnard

发明人： Andrew S. Burnham ,  Paul Garnett ,  J. Rothe Kinnard

IPC分类号： G06F1/32

CPC分类号： G06F1/26

摘要： Apparatus forming a computer system or such-like is disclosed that includes a central processing unit (CPU) and a power supply unit. The CPU provides a digital voltage ID (VID) signal output indicative of the power supply voltage that it desires to receive. The power supply unit has a control input for receiving a digital VID signal from the CPU. The power output from the unit is then provided to the CPU at a voltage level in accordance with the received digital VID signal. A VID offset generator is interposed between the CPU and the power supply unit. This receives the digital VID signal from the CPU, and modifies it by applying a positive or negative offset. The modified digital VID signal is then passed to the power supply unit, which supplies a voltage to the CPU as per the modified VID signal, rather than the VID signal originally output by the CPU.

摘要翻译： 公开了形成计算机系统等的装置，其包括中央处理单元（CPU）和电源单元。 CPU提供指示其期望接收的电源电压的数字电压ID（VID）信号输出。 电源单元具有用于从CPU接收数字VID信号的控制输入。 然后，根据接收的数字VID信号，从单元输出的功率以电压电平提供给CPU。 VID偏移发生器插在CPU和电源单元之间。 它从CPU接收数字VID信号，并通过应用正或负偏移来修改它。 修改的数字VID信号然后被传递到电源单元，该电源单元根据修改的VID信号而不是由CPU最初输出的VID信号向CPU提供电压。