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 20):
A method for supplying bulk current to a voltage regulator embedded on a system-on-chip (SoC), the method comprising:\n providing a SoC comprising an embedded functional unit and an embedded voltage regulator (EVR); the EVR supplying a regulated voltage to the functional unit; determining functional unit current demand; in response to the functional unit current demand, generating a current control signal; an off-SoC bulk current source accepting the current control signal; the bulk current source only supplying auxiliary current to the functional unit when enabled in response to the current control signal; wherein determining the functional unit current demand includes, in a first period of time, determining a dynamic demand increase for a first current; wherein the EVR suppling the regulated voltage includes:\n in an initial portion of the first period of time, the EVR supplying the first current; \n in a subsequent portion of the first period of time, the EVR supplying a second current less than the first current; \n wherein the bulk current source supplying the auxiliary current includes the bulk current source supplying a third current, equal to the first current minus the second current, only in the subsequent portion of the first period; wherein determining the functional unit current demand includes, in a second period of time following the first period of time, determining a dynamic decrease demand for a fourth current level; wherein EVR supplying the regulated voltage includes the EVR supplying the fourth current in the second period of time; and, the method further comprising: the bulk current source ceasing to supply current in the second period of time.

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): 0.6984006823491244
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4750670380499547
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6760673179192075
- Mean Citation Score: 151.019448
- Max Citation Score: 163.46527
- Similarity Product: 116.78308565321804

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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