US Patent Issued to Intel on May 27 for "Method and apparatus for improved memory module supply current surge response" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,588, issued on May 27, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Method and apparatus for improved memory module supply current surge response" was invented by Douglas Heymann (Hillsboro, Ore.) and George Vergis (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a power management integrated circuit (PMIC) to generate a supply voltage for a memory module. The PMIC is to perform a measurement during bring-up of the memory module of a worst case current draw of the memory module and/or corresponding droop in the supply voltage. The PMIC is to apply a step-up to the supply voltage ...