• DocumentCode
    1968632
  • Title

    An on-chip voltage regulator using switched decoupling capacitors

  • Author

    Ang, M. ; Salem, R. ; Taylor, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Sun Microsyst. Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    9-9 Feb. 2000
  • Firstpage
    438
  • Lastpage
    439
  • Abstract
    On-chip decoupling capacitors are actively switched to suppress resonance in the power distribution system of a microprocessor. With this scheme, charge storage capacity is amplified, while instantaneous monitoring of rail activity and dynamic control of the switching response provide bandlimited on-chip voltage regulation.
  • Keywords
    capacitors; microprocessor chips; voltage regulators; charge storage capacity; microprocessor; on-chip voltage regulator; power distribution system; switched decoupling capacitor; Capacitance; Capacitors; Impedance; Microprocessors; Monitoring; Rails; Regulators; Resonance; Switches; Voltage control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2000. Digest of Technical Papers. ISSCC. 2000 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA, USA
  • ISSN
    0193-6530
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5853-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISSCC.2000.839850
  • Filename
    839850