Patent ID: 7095619

Claim:
An assembly for providing regulated voltage to a processor on a substrate having first and second sides, said assembly comprising: a processor mounted to a first side of said substrate; a connector mounting the processor to the substrate first side; a voltage regulator module, mounted to a second side of said substrate in opposition to the connector, the processor including a base that faces said first side of said substrate and which is received by the connector, the processor base having at least one power supply terminal that is proximate to a geometric center of said processor base; an electrical conductor, extending between said processor and said voltage regulator module through said substrate from said second side to said first side, said electrical conductor carrying substantially-regulated electric power from said voltage regulator module to said processor; said voltage regulator module also including a base which faces said substrate second side, said voltage regulator module further including an output power terminal on the voltage regulator base that is electrically coupled to the processor base power supply terminal, said conductor extending from said voltage regulator module base, through said substrate and connector to said processor base.