Power management system switched capacitor voltage regulator with integrated passive device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10756622-B2
Application number	US-201816231904-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 24, 2018
Priority date	Dec 24, 2018
Publication date	Aug 25, 2020
Grant date	Aug 25, 2020

Abstract

Power management systems are described. In an embodiment, a power management system includes a voltage source, a circuit load located within a chip, and a switched capacitor voltage regulator (SCVR) coupled to voltage source and the circuit load to receive an input voltage from the voltage source and supply an output voltage to the circuit load. The SCVR may include circuitry located within the chip and a discrete integrated passive device (IPD) connected to the chip.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power management system comprising:
a main voltage source;
an auxiliary voltage source;
a circuit board including a main power supply conductor connected to the main voltage source, an auxiliary power supply conductor connected to the auxiliary voltage source, and a ground conductor;
a circuit load located within a chip;
a switched capacitor voltage regulator (SCVR) coupled to the main voltage source and the circuit load to receive an input voltage from the main voltage source and supply an output voltage to the circuit load;
wherein the SCVR includes SCVR circuitry located within the chip and a discrete integrated passive device (IPD) connected to the chip;
wherein the SCVR circuitry located within the chip includes a low power circuitry and a high power circuitry, the low power circuitry is coupled to the auxiliary power supply conductor and the ground conductor, and the high power circuitry is coupled to the main power supply conductor and the ground conductor; and
wherein voltage outputs of the low power circuitry and the high power circuitry are electrically connected and engaged so as to provide a single voltage output rail to the circuit load to operate in high and low performance modes.

2. The power management system of claim 1 , wherein the voltage source is a first level voltage regulator mounted on a circuit board.

3. The power management system of claim 1 , wherein the discrete IPD includes a plurality of trench capacitors.

4. The power management system of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of trench capacitors are formed in a resistive substrate.

5. The power management system of claim 4 , wherein the IPD is bonded to the chip with a plurality of micro bumps.

6. The power management system of claim 5 , wherein the IPD is laterally adjacent to a plurality of solder bumps connecting the chip to a circuit board.

7. The power management system of claim 5 , further comprising a plurality of through silicon vias extending through the resistive substrate laterally adjacent to the plurality of trench capacitors.

8. The power management system of claim 4 , wherein the IPD is embedded in an interposer layer between the chip and a circuit board.

9. The system of claim 8 , further comprising a plurality of vias extending through the interposer layer.

10. The system of claim 4 , wherein the IPD is hybrid bonded to the chip.

11. The system of claim 1 :
further comprising a second circuit load located within the chip;
wherein the SCVR circuitry located within the chip includes a second low power circuitry and a second high power circuitry;
the second low power circuitry is coupled to the auxiliary power supply conductor and the ground conductor;
the second high power circuitry is coupled to the main power supply conductor and the ground conductor; and
wherein second voltage outputs of the second low power circuitry and the second high power circuitry are electrically connected and engaged so as to provide a single voltage output rail to the second circuit load to operate in high and low performance modes.

12. The system of claim 11 :
further comprising a third circuit load located within the chip;
wherein the SCVR circuitry located within the chip includes a third high power circuitry;
the third high power circuitry is coupled to the main power supply conductor and the ground conductor; and
wherein a third voltage output of the third high power circuitry is to provide power to the third circuit load, wherein the third circuit load is not electrically connected to a low power circuitry of the SCVR circuitry located within the chip.

13. A power management system comprising:
a main voltage source;
an auxiliary voltage source;
a circuit board including a main power supply conductor connected to the main voltage source, an auxiliary power supply conductor connected to the auxiliary voltage source, and a ground conductor;
a circuit load located within a chip;
a switched capacitor voltage regulator (SCVR) coupled to the main voltage source and the circuit load to receive an input voltage from the main voltage source and supply an output voltage to the circuit load;
wherein the SCVR includes SCVR circuitry located within the chip and a discrete integrated passive device (IPD) connected to the chip;
wherein the SCVR circuitry located within the chip is coupled to the auxiliary power supply conductor and the ground conductor, and a voltage output of the SCVR circuitry located within the chip is electrically connected to the main power supply conductor and the circuit load.

14. The power management system of claim 13 , wherein the voltage source is a first level voltage regulator mounted on a circuit board.

15. The power management system of claim 13 , wherein the discrete IPD includes a plurality of trench capacitors.

16. The power management system of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of trench capacitors are formed in a resistive substrate.

17. The power management system of claim 16 , wherein the IPD is bonded to the chip with a plurality of micro bumps.

18. The power management system of claim 17 , wherein the IPD is laterally adjacent to a plurality of solder bumps connecting the chip to a circuit board.

19. The power management system of claim 17 , further comprising a plurality of through silicon vias extending through the resistive substrate laterally adjacent to the plurality of trench capacitors.

20. The power management system of claim 16 , wherein the IPD is embedded in an interposer layer between the chip and a circuit board.

21. The system of claim 20 , further comprising a plurality of vias extending through the interposer layer.

22. The system of claim 16 , wherein the IPD is hybrid bonded to the chip.

Assignees

• Apple Inc
• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Dabral Sanjay
• Secker David A
• Zhai Jun
• Schmitt Ralf M
• Ramachandran Vidhya
• Mao Wenjie

Classifications

• H10W90/28

  the stacked chips having different sizes, e.g. chip stacks having a pyramidal shape · CPC title

• H10W70/655

  Fan-out layouts · CPC title

• H10W72/20

  Bump connectors, e.g. solder bumps or copper pillars; Dummy bumps; Thermal bumps · CPC title

• H10W20/497

  Inductive arrangements or effects of, or between, wiring layers · CPC title

• H10W20/496

  Capacitor integral with wiring layers · CPC title