Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Three-D power converter in three distinct strata
- Patent Title (中): 三维电源转换器在三个不同的层次
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Application No.: US14178791Application Date: 2014-02-12
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Publication No.: US09312761B2Publication Date: 2016-04-12
- Inventor: Paul S. Andry , Leland Chang , Evan G. Colgan , John U. Knickerbocker , Bucknell C. Webb , Robert Wisnieff
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Agent Louis J. Percello, Esq.
- Main IPC: H03K3/00
- IPC: H03K3/00 ; H02M3/156 ; H02M1/08 ; G06F1/26 ; H05K1/00

Abstract:
A switching power supply in an integrated circuit, an integrated circuit comprising a switching power supply, and a method of assembling a switching power supply in an integrated circuit are disclosed. In one embodiment, the invention provides a three-dimensional switching power supply in an integrated circuit comprising a device layer. The switching power supply comprises three distinct strata arranged in series with the device layer, the three distinct strata including a switching layer including switching circuits, a capacitor layer including banks of capacitors, and an inductor layer including inductors. This switching power supply further comprises a multitude of connectors electrically and mechanically connecting together the device layer, the switching layer, the capacitor layer, and the inductor layer. The switching circuits, the capacitors and the inductors form a switching power supply for supplying power to the device layer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150229295A1 THREE-D POWER CONVERTER IN THREE DISTINCT STRATA Public/Granted day:2015-08-13
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