# US 12,009,747 B2 · Device, method and system for programming a power supply to facilitate dynamic performance tuning > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,009,747 B2 - Document ID: US12009747B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/133,442 - Filed: 2020-12-23 - Published: 2022-06-23 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2020-12-23 - Assignees: Intel Corporation - Applicants: Intel Corporation - Inventors: Tarakesava Reddy Koki; Vinaya Kumar Chandrasekhara; Aiswarya Pious; Nirmala Bailur; Jagadish Vasudeva Singh - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12009747B2 ## CPC - H02M 3/158: including plural semiconductor devices as final control devices for a single load - G06F 1/28: Supervision thereof, e.g. detecting power-supply failure by out of limits supervision - H02J 7/865: {Battery or charger load switching, e.g. concurrent charging and load supply (H02J7/50 takes precedence)} - H02M 1/088: for the simultaneous control of series or parallel connected semiconductor devices - H02M 3/1582: {Buck-boost converters (H02M3/1584 takes precedence)} - H02J 7/92: with prioritisation of loads or sources - H02J 2207/30: Charge provided using DC bus or data bus of a computer - H02M: APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (transformers H01F; dynamo-electric converters H02K47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY ## Abstract Techniques and mechanisms for determining a delivery of power by a programmable power supply. In an embodiment, controller circuitry of a platform receives an indication that a load of the platform is to transition to a particular operational mode. Based on a power requirement of the operational mode, the controller circuitry identifies a mode of voltage regulation which is to be provided with converter circuitry of the platform. The controller circuitry signals that a programmable power supply, which is coupled to the platform, is to output a supply voltage at a level which is based on an amount of power loss associated with the mode of voltage regulation. In another embodiment, the controller circuitry identifies the mode of voltage regulation based on an amount of charge which is currently stored by a battery of the platform. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device comprising: first circuitry to detect a transition of one or more loads to a first operational mode while a platform comprises the device, the one or more loads, a port, regulator circuitry coupled between the port and a first node, and a battery coupled to the one or more loads via the first node; second circuitry, coupled to the first circuitry, to receive an indication of an amount of charge stored by the battery, the second circuitry further to identify, based on the transition and the amount of charge: a first voltage regulation (VR) mode of the regulator circuitry to provide a first level of a first voltage at the first node, wherein the first VR mode corresponds to a first power loss by the first circuitry; and a second level of a second voltage, wherein the second level is based on the first power loss; third circuitry, coupled to the second circuitry, to signal that a programmable power supply is to provide the second voltage at the second level to deliver power to the platform via the port. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the second circuitry to identify the second level of the second voltage comprises the second circuitry to determine an amount of power to be delivered by the programmable power supply based on a sum of: a required level of power to be delivered from the first node; and an amount of the first power loss by the regulator circuitry. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the operational mode comprises a combination of respective configurations of multiple loads comprising a central processing unit and a graphics processing unit, and wherein the second circuitry is to identify the first VR mode and the second voltage based on a thermal design point of the multiple loads. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, further comprising: fourth circuitry, coupled to the second circuitry, to control the first VR mode of the regulator circuitry. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The device of claim 4, wherein the regulator circuitry comprises switch circuitry and a converter circuit coupled to the switch circuitry; and wherein the fourth circuitry to control the first VR mode of the regulator circuitry comprises the fourth circuitry to operate the switch circuitry to enable a conductive path which bypasses the converter circuit. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The device of claim 4, wherein the regulator circuitry comprises switch circuitry and a converter circuit coupled to the switch circuitry; and wherein the fourth circuitry to control the first VR mode of the regulator circuitry comprises the fourth circuitry to operate the switch circuitry to provide a conductive path between the port and the converter circuit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The device of claim 6, wherein the fourth circuitry to control the first VR mode of the regulator circuitry comprises the fourth circuitry to control one of a buck mode of the converter circuit, or a boost mode of the converter circuit. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The device of claim 4, wherein the regulator circuitry comprises switch circuitry and a converter circuit coupled to the switch circuitry; and wherein the fourth circuitry to control the first VR mode of the regulator circuitry comprises the fourth circuitry to operate the switch circuitry to disable a conductive path between the battery and the first node. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the third circuitry is to participate in communications with the programmable power supply via the port, wherein the communications are compatible with a Universal Serial Bus Power Delivery specification. ### Claim 10 A system comprising: a first device comprising: first circuitry to detect a transition of one or more loads to a first operational mode while a platform comprises the first device, the one or more loads, a port, regulator circuitry coupled between the port and a first node, and a battery coupled to the one or more loads via the first node; second circuitry, coupled to the first circuitry, to receive an indication of an amount of charge stored by the battery, the second circuitry further to identify, based on the transition and the amount of charge: a first voltage regulation (VR) mode of the regulator circuitry to provide a first level of a first voltage at the first node, wherein the first VR mode corresponds to a first power loss by the first circuitry; and a second level of a second voltage, wherein the second level is based on the first power loss; third circuitry, coupled to the second circuitry, to signal that a programmable power supply is to provide the second voltage at the second level to deliver power to the platform via the port; and a display device coupled to the first device, the display device to display an image based on a signal communicated with the one or more loads. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the second circuitry to identify the second level of the second voltage comprises the second circuitry to determine an amount of power to be delivered by the programmable power supply based on a sum of: a required level of power to be delivered from the first node; and an amount of the first power loss by the regulator circuitry. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the operational mode comprises a combination of respective configurations of multiple loads comprising a central processing unit and a graphics processing unit, and wherein the second circuitry is to identify the first VR mode and the second voltage based on a thermal design point of the multiple loads. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, the first device further comprising: fourth circuitry, coupled to the second circuitry, to control the first VR mode of the regulator circuitry. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the regulator circuitry comprises switch circuitry and a converter circuit coupled to the switch circuitry; and wherein the fourth circuitry to control the first VR mode of the regulator circuitry comprises the fourth circuitry to operate the switch circuitry to enable a conductive path which bypasses the converter circuit. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the third circuitry is to participate in communications with the programmable power supply via the port, wherein the communications are compatible with a Universal Serial Bus Power Delivery specification. ### Claim 16 A device comprising: a port to couple the device to a programmable power supply; a load circuit coupled to a first node; regulator circuitry coupled between the port and the first node; and controller circuitry, coupled to the regulator circuitry, to receive an indication of a first operational mode of the load circuit, wherein, based on the indication, the controller circuitry is to: identify, based on an amount of charge of a battery coupled to the load circuit via the first node, a first voltage regulation (VR) mode of the regulator circuitry to provide a first level of a first voltage at the first node, wherein the first VR mode corresponds to a first power loss by the regulator circuitry; and identify a second level of a second voltage, wherein the second level is based on the first power loss; and signal that the programmable power supply is to provide the second voltage at the second level to deliver power to the device via the port. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The device of claim 16, wherein the controller circuitry to identify the second level of the second voltage comprises the controller circuitry to determine an amount of power to be delivered by the programmable power supply based on a sum of: a required level of power to be delivered from the first node; and an amount of the first power loss by the regulator circuitry. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The device of claim 16, wherein the first operational mode comprises a combination of respective configurations of multiple loads comprising a central processing unit and a graphics processing unit, and wherein the controller circuitry is to identify the first VR mode and the second voltage based on a thermal design point of the multiple loads. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The device of claim 16, wherein the controller circuitry is further to control the first VR mode of the regulator circuitry. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The device of claim 19, wherein the regulator circuitry comprises switch circuitry and a converter circuit coupled to the switch circuitry; and wherein the controller circuitry to control the first VR mode of the regulator circuitry comprises the controller circuitry to operate the switch circuitry to enable a conductive path which bypasses the converter circuit.