| US 7,533,286 B2 | ||
| Regulating application of clock to control current rush (DI/DT) | ||
| Praveen Mosur, Shrewsbury, Mass. (US); Duane E. Galbi, Cambridge, Mass. (US); and Benjamin J. Cahill, Oxford, Mass. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 29, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/169,429. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0006012 A1, Jan. 04, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 1/04 (2006.01); G06F 1/12 (2006.01); G06F 5/06 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 713—600 | 19 Claims |
| 1. An apparatus for engineering di/dt, the apparatus comprising:
a plurality of functional blocks, wherein a first portion of the plurality of functional blocks are to perform initialization
functions for the apparatus and a second portion of the plurality of functional blocks are to perform non-initialization functions;
a clock source to provide a clock signal to said plurality of functional blocks;
at least one gating device to delay application of the clock to at least some subset of the second portion of said plurality
of functional blocks during initialization; and
a controller to control said at least one gating device and turning-on of the clock signal.
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