Optimizing delivery of regulated power from a voltage regulator to an electrical component
AssigneeLenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsJerrod K. Buterbaugh, Nickolaus J. Gruendler, Bruce J. Wilkie
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and products for optimizing delivery of regulated power from a voltage regulator to an electrical component, operation of the voltage regulator controlled by a service processor, the voltage regulator including a number of phases, each phase rated to deliver a different maximum power to the electrical component, where optimizing delivery of regulated power includes determining, by the service processor, the present power requirements of the electrical component, and enabling, by the service processor, one or more phases of the voltage regulator in dependence upon the present power requirements of the electrical component.
Claims18
A method of optimizing delivery of regulated power from a voltage regulator to an electrical component, operation of the voltage regulator controlled by a service processor, the method comprising:
- determining, by the service processor, the present power requirements of the electrical component, the voltage regulator comprising a plurality of phases, each phase rated to deliver a different maximum power to the electrical component;
- and
- enabling, by the service processor, a plurality of phases of the voltage regulator in dependence upon the present power requirements of the electrical component, each enabled phase rated to deliver a different amount of power to the electrical component.
An apparatus for optimizing delivery of regulated power from a voltage regulator to an electrical component, the apparatus comprising a service processor controlling operation of the voltage regulator, a computer memory operatively coupled to the service processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions capable of operating the service processor for:
- determining, by the service processor, the present power requirements of the electrical component, the voltage regulator comprising a plurality of phases, each phase rated to deliver a different maximum power to the electrical component;
- and
- enabling, by the service processor, a plurality of phases of the voltage regulator in dependence upon the present power requirements of the electrical component, each enabled phase rated to deliver a different amount of power to the electrical component.
A computer program product for optimizing delivery of regulated power from a voltage regulator to an electrical component, operation of the voltage regulator controlled by a service processor, the computer program product disposed in a computer readable medium, wherein the computer readable medium is not a signal, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions capable of:
- determining, by the service processor, the present power requirements of the electrical component, the voltage regulator comprising a plurality of phases, each phase rated to deliver a different maximum power to the electrical component;
- and
- enabling, by the service processor, a plurality of phases of the voltage regulator in dependence upon the present power requirements of the electrical component, each enabled phase rated to deliver a different amount of power to the electrical component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.