Patents by Inventor Juan Ochoa Munoz

Juan Ochoa Munoz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for reducing power delivery network complexity through local power multiplexers
    Patent number: 10078358
    Abstract: A power delivery network (PDN) including a battery, a set of regulators for generating supply voltages, and an integrated circuit (IC) including power rails configured to receive the supply voltages. The IC further includes an IC chip having a set of cores. The power rails includes a larger rail configured to provide a full range of currents, and the other smaller power rails each configured to provide lower range of currents. The IC includes multiplexers having first inputs coupled respectively to the smaller rails, second inputs coupled to the larger rail, and outputs coupled to the cores. When the smaller rail is able to supply the current needed by a core, the multiplexer is configured to couple the smaller rail to the core. When the smaller rail cannot supply the current needed by the core, the multiplexer is configured to couple the larger rail to the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Juan Ochoa Munoz, Yuancheng Chris Pan, Mikhail Popovich, Joon Hyung Chung
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING POWER DELIVERY NETWORK COMPLEXITY THROUGH LOCAL POWER MULTIPLEXERS
    Publication number: 20170351315
    Abstract: A power delivery network (PDN) including a battery, a set of regulators for generating supply voltages, and an integrated circuit (IC) including power rails configured to receive the supply voltages. The IC further includes an IC chip having a set of cores. The power rails includes a larger rail configured to provide a full range of currents, and the other smaller power rails each configured to provide lower range of currents. The IC includes multiplexers having first inputs coupled respectively to the smaller rails, second inputs coupled to the larger rail, and outputs coupled to the cores. When the smaller rail is able to supply the current needed by a core, the multiplexer is configured to couple the smaller rail to the core. When the smaller rail cannot supply the current needed by the core, the multiplexer is configured to couple the larger rail to the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Juan Ochoa Munoz, Yuancheng Chris Pan, Mikhail Popovich, Joon Hyung Chung