Passgate strength calibration techniques for voltage regulators

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8981829
APP PUB NO 20150061744A1
SERIAL NO

14458428

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Systems and methods are provided to regulate a supply voltage of a load circuit. For example, a system includes a voltage regulator circuit that includes a passgate device. The system includes a passgate strength calibration control module which is configured to (i) obtain information which specifies operating conditions of the voltage regulator circuit, (ii) access entries of one or more look-up tables using the obtained information, (iii) use information within the accessed entries to determine a maximum load current that could be demanded by the load circuit under the operating conditions specified by the obtained information, and to predict a passgate device width which is sufficient to supply the determined maximum load current, and (iv) set an active width of the passgate device according to the predicted passgate device width.

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  • GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bulzacchelli, John F Yonkers, US 54 784
Friedrich, Joshua D Round Rock, US 9 100
Gloekler, Tilman Gaertringen, DE 46 249
Still, Gregory S Raleigh, US 29 242
Toprak, Deniz Zeynep Norwalk, US 9 67

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