Patent ID: RE38891

Claim:
An electronic system comprising: a component capable of operating at either of two power consumption levels, the component having a power supply input terminal, and a control input terminal; a control circuit having an access signal input terminal, a first control output terminal coupled to the control input terminal of the component, and a second control output terminal; the control circuit capable of detecting that the power consumption rate of the component is going to change prior to the power consumption rate changing; and a load transient compensator having a power supply input terminal, a control input terminal coupled to the second control output terminal of the control circuit, and an output terminal coupled to the power supply input terminal of the component, wherein the load transient compensator selectively supplies additional current to the component if the power consumption rate of the component is going to increase and drain drains current supplied to the component if the power consumption rate of the component is going to decrease in order to reduce the transient response time of a voltage that is supplying the component.