SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SWITCHED-INDUCTOR INTEGRATED VOLTAGE REGULATORS

1 . A power controller, comprising:

an output terminal having an output voltage;

at least one clock generator to generate a plurality of clock signals;

a plurality of hardware phases, each hardware phase being coupled to the at least one clock generator and the output terminal and including a comparator, each hardware phase being configured to:

receive a corresponding one of the plurality of clock signals and a reference voltage;

combine the corresponding clock signal and the reference voltage to produce a reference input;

generate a feedback voltage based on the output voltage;

compare the reference input and the feedback voltage using the comparator; and

provide a comparator output to the output terminal, whereby the comparator output determines a duty cycle of the power controller.

2 . The power controller of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of hardware phases comprise four hardware phases.

3 . The power controller of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of hardware phases comprise unlatched hardware phases.

4 . The power controller of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of clock signals have a different phase.

5 . The power controller of claim 1 , wherein the reference input comprises a triangle wave potential.

6 . The power controller of claim 5 , wherein the triangle wave potential is centered at a desired DC output voltage of the power controller.

7 . The power controller of claim 1 , further comprising a bridge switching node having a bridge switching node voltage, the feedback voltage being further based on the bridge switching node voltage.

8 . The power controller of claim 7 , wherein the bridge switching node voltage is determined from an inductor current of the bridge switching node.

9 . The power controller of claim 1 , wherein the comparator is an unlatched continuous comparator.

10 . An integrated circuit chip comprising the power controller of claim 1 .

11 . The integrated circuit chip of claim 10 , further comprising one or more network-on-chip coupled to the power controller.

12 . The integrated circuit chip of claim 11 , wherein the one or more network-on-chip comprises four networks-on-chip, each network-on-chip having 64 cores.

13 . A method comprising:

for each one of a plurality of hardware phases, each hardware phase being coupled to at least one clock generator and an output terminal and including a comparator:

receiving a corresponding one of a plurality of clock signals from the at least one clock generator and a reference voltage;

combining the corresponding clock signal and the reference voltage to produce a reference input;

generating a feedback voltage based on an output voltage from an output terminal;

comparing the reference input and the feedback voltage using the comparator; and

providing a comparator output to the output terminal, whereby the comparator output determines a duty cycle of a power controller.

14 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising providing the plurality of clock signals, each of the plurality of clock signals having a different phase.

15 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising providing the reference input, wherein the reference input comprises a triangle wave potential.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein providing the reference input comprises centering the triangle wave potential at a desired DC output voltage of the power controller.

17 . The method of claim 13 , generating the feedback voltage further comprises generating the feedback voltage based on a bridge switching node voltage from a bridge switching node.

18 . The method of claim 17 , further comprising determining the bridge switching node voltage from an inductor current of the bridge switching node.