Patent ID: 7602163

Claim:
An information handling system comprising: an electrical load; a power supply; a switched inductor power converter to distribute power at an output voltage and output current to the electrical load, the power converter including a first switched inductor, wherein the first switched inductor is an output inductor coupled to the electrical load; a coupled inductor regulator including a second switched inductor, inductively coupled to the first switched inductor, wherein the second switched inductor couples with a switch to provide a path for energy stored in the first switched inductor to be reduced substantially instantaneously, wherein the switch provides the path for energy only when energy stored in the first switched inductor is to be reduced substantially instantaneously; a control circuit to activate the coupled inductor regulator in response to a change in the power requirements of the electrical load; and wherein the coupled inductor regulator when activated diverting at least a portion of the output current from the first switched inductor through the path of the switch to the power supply.