Patent ID: 8063508

Claim:
A method for controlling power for a first section of circuitry and a second section of circuitry, comprising: evaluating a first signal that indicates a magnitude of a first current that is drawn by the first section of circuitry; evaluating a second signal that indicates a magnitude of a second current that is drawn by the second section of circuitry; in response to the first and second evaluations, determining the greater of the first and second currents; if the first current is greater than the second current, adding a first compensation current to the second current to provide a third current that is equal to the first current, and using the third current to drive a voltage at an intermediate node; and if the second current is greater than the first current, adding a second compensation current to the first current to provide a forth current that is equal to the second current, and using the forth current to drive a voltage at an intermediate node.