US 11,757,357 B2
Hybrid digital linear and switched capacitor voltage regulator
Takao Oshita, Portland, OR (US); Fabrice Paillet, Portland, OR (US); Rinkle Jain, Portland, OR (US); Jad Rizk, Portland, OR (US); Danny Bronstein, Haifa (IL); and Ahmad Arnaot, Acre (IL)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/714,969.
Application 17/714,969 is a division of application No. 16/563,495, filed on Sep. 6, 2019, granted, now 11,323,026.
Prior Publication US 2022/0239222 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. H02M 3/07 (2006.01); G06F 1/3234 (2019.01); H03K 5/24 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC H02M 3/073 (2013.01) [G06F 1/3234 (2013.01); H02M 1/00 (2013.01); H02M 3/07 (2013.01); H02M 3/072 (2021.05); H03K 5/249 (2013.01); H02M 1/0012 (2021.05); H02M 1/0045 (2021.05); H02M 3/077 (2021.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a plurality of switch capacitor drivers coupled to an input supply node and an output supply node, wherein the output supply node is to provide an output voltage to one or more loads;
a controller coupled to the plurality of switch capacitor drivers and to cause the plurality of switch capacitor drivers to operate in a switch capacitor regulation mode or a linear regulation mode in accordance with a current demand of the one or more loads; and
a comparator coupled to the controller, wherein the comparator is to receive at least three inputs, and wherein the at least three inputs include: a version of an output voltage, the output voltage, and a reference voltage.