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US 6,784,647 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for operating a voltage regulator based on operation of a timer
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsDon J. Nguyen, Thovane Solivan
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Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment of the disclosed matter, a voltage regulator may supply power to a component within a computer system. A timer may be provided. The voltage regulator may operate synchronously, and when the timer expires the voltage regulator may operate non-synchronously. For one embodiment, the voltage regulator may operate non-synchronously when the timer expires and the component is in a sleep state.
Claims12
A voltage regulator comprising:
- a timer;
- and
- a plurality of power transistors to operate non-synchronously when the timer expires.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.