Patent ID: 6965502

Claim:
An active transient response (“ATR”) device for providing regulated voltage to a variable load during steady state and transient load periods, the ATR device comprising: a control IC configured to receive an early transient event detection signal, to receive a transient event detection signal, to control at least one power IC during quiescent voltage regulation, and to control at least one power IC during a transient response mode; wherein the transient mode response is initiated upon receipt of the early transient event detection signal; a power IC configured to detect the transient event, to provide the transient event detection signal to the control IC, and to provide a regulated voltage level to a load as driven by the control IC; and a transient suppressor IC configured to detect the transient event, to provide an early transient event detection signal to the control IC, and configured to directly respond to the transient event by sourcing current to the load when the load increases and sinking current from the load to a ground when the load decreases.