Intelligent voltage regulator
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1. An intelligent voltage regulator circuit comprising:
- a variable voltage generator coupled to receive an input voltage; and
a first processing element coupled to said variable voltage generator, said first processing element coupled to receive programming instructions from a second processing element for controlling a characteristic of said intelligent voltage regulator circuit, said first processing element for dynamically changing said characteristic during operation of said intelligent voltage regulator circuit in response to said programming instructions, the first processing element adapted to execute the programming instructions from the second processing element to generate a selection signal to the variable voltage generator that selects an output voltage of the variable voltage generator from among multiple distinct possible output voltages of the variable voltage generator.
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Abstract
An intelligent voltage regulator circuit in accordance with one embodiment of the invention can include a variable voltage generator that is coupled to receive an input voltage. Additionally, the intelligent voltage regulator circuit can include a processing element that is coupled to the variable voltage generator. The processing element can be coupled to receive programming for controlling a characteristic of the intelligent voltage regulator circuit. The processing element can be for dynamically changing the characteristic during operation of the intelligent voltage regulator circuit.
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20 Claims
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1. An intelligent voltage regulator circuit comprising:
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a variable voltage generator coupled to receive an input voltage; and a first processing element coupled to said variable voltage generator, said first processing element coupled to receive programming instructions from a second processing element for controlling a characteristic of said intelligent voltage regulator circuit, said first processing element for dynamically changing said characteristic during operation of said intelligent voltage regulator circuit in response to said programming instructions, the first processing element adapted to execute the programming instructions from the second processing element to generate a selection signal to the variable voltage generator that selects an output voltage of the variable voltage generator from among multiple distinct possible output voltages of the variable voltage generator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An intelligent voltage regulator circuit comprising:
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a variable voltage generator coupled to receive a voltage supply; a non-volatile memory coupled to receive programming associated with a characteristic of said intelligent voltage regulator circuit; and a first processing element coupled to said variable voltage generator and to said non-volatile memory, said first processing element for receiving said programming from a second processing element and for dynamically changing said characteristic during run time of said intelligent voltage regulator circuit, the first processing element adapted to respond to a multi-bit value stored in the non-volatile memory, and coupled to provide a multi-bit control value as a selection signal to the variable voltage generator to select one of multiple distinct possible output voltages of the variable voltage generator. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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receiving an input voltage; receiving a reference voltage; receiving a multi-bit data from a first processing element; and generating a regulated output voltage with a value dynamically set by a second processing element based on a multi-bit factor, the second processing element responding to the multi-bit data from the first processing element and providing the multi-bit factor as a selection signal to a variable voltage generator to select one of multiple distinct possible output voltages of the variable voltage generator. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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