Patent ID: 7162795

Claim:
A method for delivering power to an integrated circuit, the method comprising: providing a printed circuit board (PCB), wherein the PCB includes a plurality of signal paths; providing an integrated circuit, the integrated circuit including a plurality of signal connections, wherein each of the signal connections is electrically coupled to one or more of the plurality of signal paths; and providing a power laminate for supplying core power to the integrated circuit, wherein the power laminate is electrically coupled to the integrated circuit, wherein the power laminate includes at least one power plane and one reference plane, a voltage regulator circuit, and a plurality of decoupling capacitors, and wherein the power laminate is separate from the integrated circuit; wherein the voltage regulator circuit is a switching voltage regulator including: a connector for electrically connecting a power source to the voltage regulator circuit; a slew inductor for storing energy and delivering current to a load coupled to the voltage regulator circuit; a first switch connected between the connector and the slew inductor; and a second switch connected between the slew inductor and the reference plane; wherein the voltage regulator circuit is configured to close the second switch and open the first switch if the amount of current the slew inductor delivers to the load exceeds an amount of current demanded by the load.