Adaptive voltage regulator for powered digital devices
US7061292B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 8, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jun 13, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 23, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02M3/157
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus for efficiently supplying energy to a device in a circuit, the apparatus comprising a powered device having a critical path delay; delay line operative to model said critical path delay; control logic responsive to output from said delay line and operative to generate control output; and a power converter operative to adjust supply voltage to said powered device in response to said generated control output, wherein the delay line, the control logic, and the power converter cooperate to provide first order bang-bang control of said critical path delay.
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