Supporting maximum power spikes above battery capability without throttling
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorAlexander Uan-Zo-li
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Abstract
Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that supplements a battery coupled to a processor configuration with stored energy from a charger input, wherein the battery is supplemented with the stored energy in response to an increased power demand on the battery. The technology may also initiate one or more throttle operations in the processor configuration if the increased power demand does not end before the stored energy is depleted. If the increased power demand ends before the stored energy is depleted, the one or more throttle operations may be bypassed. The increased power demand may correspond to a system voltage being below a voltage threshold, a battery current being above a current threshold, and so forth.
Claims24
A computing platform comprising:
- a system on chip (SoC) including a processor configuration;
- a display coupled to the SoC;
- and
- a charger coupled to the SoC, the charger including:
- a charger input, and
- a switch configuration to supplement a battery coupled to the SoC with stored energy from the charger input, wherein the battery is to be supplemented with the stored energy in response to an increased power demand on the battery;
- and
- a controller to initiate one or more throttle operations in the SoC if the increased power demand does not end before the stored energy is depleted, and to bypass the one or more throttle operations if the increased power demand ends before the stored energy is depleted.
An apparatus comprising:
- a charger input;
- a switch configuration to supplement a battery coupled to a processor configuration with stored energy from the charger input, wherein the battery is to be supplemented with the stored energy in response to an increased power demand on the battery;
- and
- a controller to initiate one or more throttle operations in the processor configuration if the increased power demand does not end before the stored energy is depleted, and to bypass the one or more throttle operations if the increased power demand ends before the stored energy is depleted.
A method comprising:
- supplementing a battery coupled to a processor configuration with stored energy from a charger input, wherein the battery is supplemented with the stored energy in response to an increased power demand on the battery;
- initiating one or more throttle operations in the processor configuration if the increased power demand does not end before the stored energy is depleted;
- and
- bypassing the one or more throttle operations if the increased power demand ends before the stored energy is depleted.
At least one computer readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions, which when executed by a computing platform, cause the computing platform to:
- supplement a battery coupled to a processor configuration with stored energy from a charger input, wherein the battery is to be supplemented with the stored energy in response to an increased power demand on the battery;
- initiate one or more throttle operations in the processor configuration if the increased power demand does not end before the stored energy is depleted;
- and
- bypass the one or more throttle operations if the increased power demand ends before the stored energy is depleted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.