PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16375676
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["323", "272000"]

Abstract:
A system and method are provided for supplying bulk current to a voltage regulator embedded on a system-on-chip (SoC). An embedded voltage regulator (EVR) supplies a regulated voltage to a functional unit, the current demand is determined, and a current control signal is generated. An off-SoC bulk current source accepts the current control signal and supplies auxiliary (bulk) current to the functional unit in response to the current control signal. For example, in a first period of time a dynamic increase demand for a first current. Initially the EVR supplies the first current and creates an increase in SoC thermal loading. Subsequently, the EVR supplies a current less than the first current while the bulk current source supplies the bulk of the current. As a result, the bulk current source creates an off-SoC thermal load.

Claim (Index 8):
The CEVR of  claim 1  further comprising:\n a system energy source having a system supply output to provide a first voltage; \n a board level pre-EVR regulator having an input supply connected to the system energy source system supply output to accept the first voltage and an output supply connected to the SoC maintenance power interface to provide a second voltage, lower than the first voltage; \n wherein the EVR output supply provides a third voltage, lower than the second voltage; \n wherein the combination of the system energy source, board level pre-EVR regulator, and EVR supply current at the third voltage with a first efficiency; and, \n wherein the bulk current source has an input supply connected to the system energy source system supply output to accept the first voltage, and wherein the combination of the system energy source and bulk current source supply current at the third voltage with a second efficiency, greater than the first efficiency.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 63.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.5082
- Patent Class: 323.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14833229', '13888099', '14870661', '14096868', '15875169']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6970266699055577
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4812273542587799
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.67544673834088
- Mean Citation Score: 151.019448
- Max Citation Score: 163.46527
- Similarity Product: 110.55285619689704

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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