IP Library Granted Patent US 10,845,853
Granted Patent B2
US 10,845,853 · App. 16/251,554 · Granted Nov 24, 2020

System of providing power to chip on mainboard

Inventors: Haoyi Ye (Shanghai, CN); Jianhong Zeng (Shanghai, CN); Xiaoni Xin (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Delta Electronics (Shanghai) CO., LTD
G06F1/189H02M3/02H02M3/1584
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Patent No.
US 10,845,853
App. No.
16/251,554
Granted
Nov 24, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure provides a system of providing power to a chip on a mainboard, including: a preceding-stage power supply, located on a mainboard, and configured to receive a first DC voltage and to provide a second DC voltage, wherein the first DC voltage is greater than the second DC voltage; and a first post-stage power supply and a second post-stage power supply, located on the mainboard, to receive the second DC voltage, the first post-stage power supply is disposed at a first side of the chip, the second post-stage power supply is disposed at a second side of the chip, the first post-stage power supply provides a third DC voltage to the chip, the second DC voltage is greater than the third DC voltage, the second post-stage power supply provides a fourth DC voltage to the chip, and the second DC voltage is greater than the fourth DC voltage.

Claims (61)

1. A system of providing power to a chip on a mainboard, comprising:

a preceding-stage power supply, located on the mainboard, being a DC-DC converter, and configured to receive a first DC voltage and to provide a second DC voltage, wherein the first DC voltage is greater than the second DC voltage; and

a first post-stage power supply and a second post-stage power supply, located on the mainboard, and being DC-DC converters, wherein the first post-stage power supply and the second post-stage power supply are electrically connected to the preceding-stage power supply, so as to receive the second DC voltage, the first post-stage power supply is disposed at a first side of the chip, the second post-stage power supply is disposed at a second side of the chip, a distance on the mainboard between the first post-stage power supply and the chip is less than or equal to a distance on the mainboard between the preceding-stage power supply and the chip, a distance on the mainboard between the second post-stage power supply and the chip is less than or equal to the distance on the mainboard between the preceding-stage power supply and the chip, the first post-stage power supply provides a third DC voltage to the chip, the second DC voltage is greater than the third DC voltage, the second post-stage power supply provides a fourth DC voltage to the chip, and the second DC voltage is greater than the fourth DC voltage.

2. The system of providing power to chip on a mainboard of claim 1 , wherein

the chip is a multicore chip including a first core and a second core, the first post-stage power supply provides the third DC voltage to the first core, and the second post-stage power supply provides the fourth DC voltage to the second core.

3. The system of providing power to a chip on a mainboard of claim 2 , wherein

the third DC voltage and the fourth DC voltage are not equal.

4. The system of providing power to a chip on a mainboard of claim 1 , wherein

the first side and the second side are adjacent or opposite sides of the chip.

5. The system of providing power to a chip on a mainboard of claim 1 , wherein

dynamic response speeds of the first post-stage power supply and the second post-stage power supply are greater than a dynamic response speed of the preceding-stage power supply.

6. The system of providing power to a chip on a mainboard of claim 5 , wherein

the dynamic response speed of the first post-stage power supply is greater than the dynamic response speed of the second post-stage power supply, and an output power of the first post-stage power supply in response to a load dynamic change of the chip is greater than an output power of the second post-stage power supply in response to the same load dynamic change of the chip.

7. The system of providing power to a chip on a mainboard of claim 1 , wherein

output impedances of the first post-stage power supply and the second post-stage power supply are smaller than an output impedance of the preceding-stage power supply.

8. The system of providing power to a chip on a mainboard of claim 7 , wherein

the output impedance of the first post-stage power supply is less than the output impedance of the second post-stage power supply, and a dynamic current provided by the first post-stage power supply is greater than a dynamic current provided by the second post-stage power supply.

9. The system of providing power to a chip on a mainboard of claim 1 , wherein

the preceding-stage power supply, the first post-stage power supply and the second post-stage power supply are switching power supplies, and operating frequencies of the first post-stage power supply and the second post-stage power supply are higher than an operating frequency of the preceding-stage power supply.

10. The system of providing power to a chip on a mainboard of claim 9 , wherein

the operating frequency of the first post-stage power supply is higher than the operating frequency of the second post-stage power supply, the first post-stage power supply provides a high frequency component of a dynamic current of the chip, and the second post-stage power supply provides a low frequency component of the dynamic current of the chip.

11. The system of providing power to a chip on a mainboard of claim 1 , further comprising:

a post-stage power supply controller, located on the mainboard, and configured to control operation of the first post-stage power supply and the second post-stage power supply.

12. The system of providing power to a chip on a mainboard of claim 1 , wherein

each of the first post-stage power supply and the second post-stage power supply includes:

a post-stage power supply controller, wherein the post-stage power supply controller of the first post-stage power supply and the post-stage power supply controller of the second post-stage power supply have signal connections, so as to cooperate with each other, to control operation of the first post-stage power supply or the second post-stage power supply.

13. The system of providing power to a chip on a mainboard of claim 1 , wherein

each of the first post-stage power supply and the second post-stage power supply includes:

a post-stage power supply controller, configured to separately control operation of the first post-stage power supply or the second post-stage power supply.

14. The system of providing power to a chip on a mainboard of claim 1 , wherein

the first post-stage power supply and the second post-stage power supply are switching power supplies, and an operating frequency of the first post-stage power supply is N times an operating frequency of the second post-stage power supply, where N is an integer greater than 1, output currents of the first post-stage power supply and the second post-stage power supply have ripples of different phases, and outputs of the first post-stage power supply and the second post-stage power supply are connected in parallel, such that the ripple after superposition is reduced.

15. The system of providing power to a chip on a mainboard of claim 1 , wherein

the preceding-stage power supply and the first post-stage power supply are located on a first side of the mainboard, and the second post-stage power supply is located on a second side of the mainboard.

16. The system of providing power to a chip on a mainboard of claim 15 , wherein

projections of the preceding-stage power supply and the second post-stage power supply on the mainboard are at least partially overlapped.

17. The system of providing power to a chip on a mainboard of claim 15 , wherein

projections of the first post-stage power supply and the second post-stage power supply on the mainboard are at least partially overlapped.

18. A system of providing power to a chip on a mainboard, comprising:

a first preceding-stage power supply and a second preceding-stage power supply, located on the mainboard, being DC-DC converters, and configured to receive a first DC voltage, wherein the first preceding-stage power supply provides a second DC voltage, the second preceding-stage power supply provides a third DC voltage, and the first DC voltage is greater than the second DC voltage and the third DC voltage; and

a first post-stage power supply and a second post-stage power supply, located on the mainboard, and being DC-DC converters, wherein the first post-stage power supply is electrically connected to the first preceding-stage power supply to receive the second DC voltage, the second post-stage power supply is electrically connected to the second preceding-stage power supply to receive the third DC voltage, the first post-stage power supply is disposed at a first side of the chip, the second post-stage power supply is disposed at a second side of the chip, a distance on the mainboard between the first post-stage power supply and the chip is less than or equal to a distance on the mainboard between the first preceding-stage power supply and the chip, a distance on the mainboard between the second post-stage power supply and the chip is less than or equal to a distance on the mainboard between the second preceding-stage power supply and the chip, the first post-stage power supply provides a fourth DC voltage to the chip, the second DC voltage is greater than the fourth DC voltage, the second post-stage power supply provides a fifth DC voltage to the chip, and the third DC voltage is greater than the fifth DC voltage.

19. The system of providing power to a chip on a mainboard of claim 18 , wherein

the chip is a multicore chip including a first core and a second core, the first post-stage power supply provides the fourth DC voltage to the first core, and the second post-stage power supply provides the fifth DC voltage to the second core.

20. The system of providing power to a chip on a mainboard of claim 18 , wherein

a dynamic response speed of the first post-stage power supply is greater than a dynamic response speed of the first preceding-stage power supply, and a dynamic response speed of the second post-stage power supply is greater than a dynamic response speed of the second preceding-stage power supply.

21. The system of providing power to a chip on a mainboard of claim 20 , wherein

the dynamic response speed of the first post-stage power supply is greater than the dynamic response speed of the second post-stage power supply, and an output power of the first post-stage power supply in response to a load dynamic change of the chip is greater than an output power of the second post-stage power supply in response to the same load dynamic change of the chip.

22. The system of providing power to a chip on a mainboard of claim 18 , wherein

an output impedance of the first post-stage power supply is smaller than an output impedance of the first preceding-stage power supply, and an output impedance of the second post-stage power supply is smaller than an output impedance of the second preceding-stage power supply.

23. The system of providing power to a chip on a mainboard of claim 22 , wherein

the output impedance of the first post-stage power supply is less than the output impedance of the second post-stage power supply, and a dynamic current provided by the first post-stage power supply is greater than a dynamic current provided by the second post-stage power supply.

24. The system of providing power to a chip on a mainboard of claim 18 , wherein

the first preceding-stage power supply, the second preceding-stage power supply, the first post-stage power supply and the second post-stage power supply are switching power supplies, an operating frequency of the first post-stage power supply is higher than an operating frequency of the first preceding-stage power supply, and an operating frequency of the second post-stage power supply is higher than an operating frequency of the second preceding-stage power supply.

25. The system of providing power to a chip on a mainboard of claim 24 , wherein

the operating frequency of the first post-stage power supply is higher than the operating frequency of the second post-stage power supply, the first post-stage power supply provides a high frequency component of a dynamic current of the chip, and the second post-stage power supply provides a low frequency component of the dynamic current of the chip.

26. The system of providing power to a chip on a mainboard of claim 18 , wherein

the first post-stage power supply and the second post-stage power supply are switching power supplies, and an operating frequency of the first post-stage power supply is N times an operating frequency of the second post-stage power supply, where N is an integer greater than 1, output currents of the first post-stage power supply and the second post-stage power supply have ripples of different phases, and outputs of the first post-stage power supply and the second post-stage power supply are connected in parallel, such that the ripple after superposition is reduced.

27. The system of providing power to a chip on a mainboard of claim 18 , wherein

the first preceding-stage power supply is located on a first side of the mainboard, the first post-stage power supply is located on the a side of the mainboard, and projections of the first preceding-stage power supply and the first post-stage power supply on the mainboard are at least partially overlapped.

28. A system of providing power to a chip on a mainboard, comprising:

N preceding-stage power supplies, located on the mainboard, being DC-DC converters, and configured to receive a first DC voltage, and each to provide a second DC voltage, and the first DC voltage is greater than the second DC voltage; and

M post-stage power supplies, located on the mainboard, and being DC-DC converters, wherein M is an integer not less than N and not less than 3, the M post-stage power supplies are electrically connected to the corresponding N preceding-stage power supplies respectively, to receive the second DC voltage, a first group in the M post-stage power supplies is disposed at a first side of the chip, a second group in the M post-stage power supplies is disposed at a second side of the chip, distances on the mainboard between the M post-stage power supplies and the chip are less than or equal to distances on the mainboard between the N preceding-stage power supplies and the chip, the M post-stage power supplies respectively provide a third DC voltage to an (M+2) th DC voltage to the chip, and the second DC voltage is greater than the third DC voltage to the (M+2) th DC voltage.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 18, 2019
From: YE, HAOYI; ZENG, JIANHONG; XIN, XIAONI
To: DELTA ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 048058/0361 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2018 1 0103774 · Feb 1, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190235590A1 · Aug 1, 2019