Patents by Inventor Andrea Pizzutelli
Andrea Pizzutelli 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).
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Patent number: 11756725Abstract: A switching power converter includes a first switching stage, a second switching stage, a coupled inductor, and a boost winding. The coupled inductor includes a first phase winding, a second phase winding, and a magnetic core. The first phase winding is wound at least partially around a first portion of the magnetic core, and the first phase winding is electrically coupled to the first switching stage. The second phase winding is wound at least partially around a second portion of the magnetic core, and the second phase winding is electrically coupled to the second switching stage. The boost winding forms at least one turn such that mutual magnetic flux associated with each of the first and second phase windings flows through the at least one turn.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.Inventors: Di Yao, Alexandr Ikriannikov, Andrea Pizzutelli, Thurein Soe Paing
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Patent number: 11381160Abstract: A method for controlling a switched tank converter (STC) includes (a) driving a first resonant tank circuit of the STC at a first frequency and with a first fixed on-time, to obtain a first fixed ratio of output voltage of the STC to input voltage of the STC, while the STC is powering a load having a first magnitude and (b) driving the first resonant tank circuit of the STC at a second frequency and with the first fixed on-time, to obtain the first fixed ratio of output voltage of the STC to input voltage of the STC while the STC is powering a load having a second magnitude. The second frequency is smaller than the first frequency, and the second magnitude is smaller than the first magnitude.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.Inventors: Salvatore G. Pastorina, Tonio Gaetano Biondi, Thurein Soe Paing, Andrea Pizzutelli, Michael D. McJimsey, Andrew J. Burstein
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Publication number: 20210398743Abstract: A switching power converter includes a first switching stage, a second switching stage, a coupled inductor, and a boost winding. The coupled inductor includes a first phase winding, a second phase winding, and a magnetic core. The first phase winding is wound at least partially around a first portion of the magnetic core, and the first phase winding is electrically coupled to the first switching stage. The second phase winding is wound at least partially around a second portion of the magnetic core, and the second phase winding is electrically coupled to the second switching stage. The boost winding forms at least one turn such that mutual magnetic flux associated with each of the first and second phase windings flows through the at least one turn.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Di Yao, Alexandr Ikriannikov, Andrea Pizzutelli, Thurein Soe Paing
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Publication number: 20210391113Abstract: An inductor includes a magnetic core, a first winding, a first electrically conductive standoff, and a second electrically conductive standoff. The magnetic core includes opposing first and second outer surfaces separated from each other in a first direction. The first winding has first and second ends, and the first winding is wound around at least a portion of the magnetic core. The first electrically conductive standoff is connected to the first end of the first winding, and the first electrically conductive standoff extends along the magnetic core in the first direction from the first outer surface to the second outer surface. The second electrically conductive standoff is connected to the second end of the first winding, and the second electrically conductive standoff extends along the magnetic core in the first direction from the first outer surface to the second outer surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2021Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventors: Alexandr Ikriannikov, Andrea Pizzutelli, Thurein Soe Paing, Di Yao
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Publication number: 20200220461Abstract: A method for controlling a switched tank converter (STC) includes (a) driving a first resonant tank circuit of the STC at a first frequency and with a first fixed on-time, to obtain a first fixed ratio of output voltage of the STC to input voltage of the STC, while the STC is powering a load having a first magnitude and (b) driving the first resonant tank circuit of the STC at a second frequency and with the first fixed on-time, to obtain the first fixed ratio of output voltage of the STC to input voltage of the STC while the STC is powering a load having a second magnitude. The second frequency is smaller than the first frequency, and the second magnitude is smaller than the first magnitude.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Salvatore G. Pastorina, Tonio Gaetano Biondi, Thurein Soe Paing, Andrea Pizzutelli, Michael D. McJimsey, Andrew J. Burstein
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Patent number: 10222814Abstract: A method for controlling a number of phases that are active in a multiphase direct-current-to-direct-current (DC-to-DC) converter includes (a) filtering a current signal representing a magnitude of current processed by the multiphase DC-to-DC converter to generate a filtered signal, (b) comparing the filtered signal to a first threshold value, (c) deactivating one or more phases of the multiphase DC-to-DC converter in response to the filtered signal falling below the first threshold value, (d) comparing the current signal to a second threshold value, the second threshold value being greater than the first threshold value, and (e) activating one or more phases of the multiphase DC-to-DC converter in response to the current signal rising above the second threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2017Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Volterra Semiconductor LLCInventors: Sombuddha Chakraborty, Yali Xiong, Michael D. McJimsey, Anthony J. Stratakos, Giovanni Garcea, Ilija Jergovic, Andrew Burstein, Andrea Pizzutelli
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Patent number: 9407145Abstract: A regulated, power supply system is described using multiphase DC-DC converters with dynamic fast-turnon, slow-turnoff phase shedding, early phase turn-on, and both load-voltage and drive-transistor feedback to pulsewidth modulators to provide fast response to load transients. In an embodiment, a system master can automatically determine whether all, or only some, slave phase units are fully populated. The programmable system includes fault detection with current and voltage sensing, telemetry capability, and automatic shutdown capability. In an embodiment, these are buck-type converters with or without coupled inductors, however some of the embodiments illustrated include boost configurations.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2014Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: Volterra Semiconductor LLCInventors: Andrew Burstein, Sombuddha Chakraborty, Yali Xiong, Michael D. McJimsey, Trey A. Roessig, Luigi Panseri, Paul H. Choi, Theodore V. Burmas, Biljana Beronja, Giovanni Garcea, Ilija Jergovic, Andrea Pizzutelli, Anthony J. Stratakos
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Patent number: 9374003Abstract: A regulated, power supply system is described using multiphase DC-DC converters with dynamic fast-turnon, slow-turnoff phase shedding, early phase turn-on, and both load-voltage and drive-transistor feedback to pulsewidth modulators to provide fast response to load transients. In an embodiment, a system master can automatically determine whether all, or only some, slave phase units are fully populated. The programmable system includes fault detection with current and voltage sensing, telemetry capability, and automatic shutdown capability. In an embodiment, these are buck-type converters with or without coupled inductors, however some of the embodiments illustrated include boost configurations.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: Volterra Semiconductor LLCInventors: Michael D. McJimsey, David B. Lidsky, Andrew Burstein, Giovanni Garcea, Jeremy M. Flasck, Ilija Jergovic, Andrea Pizzutelli
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Patent number: 9106201Abstract: A regulated, power supply system is described using multiphase DC-DC converters with dynamic fast-turnon, slow-turnoff phase shedding, early phase turn-on, and both load-voltage and drive-transistor feedback to pulsewidth modulators to provide fast response to load transients. In an embodiment, a system master can automatically determine whether all, or only some, slave phase units are fully populated. The programmable system includes fault detection with current and voltage sensing, telemetry capability, and automatic shutdown capability. In an embodiment, these are buck-type converters with or without coupled inductors, however some of the embodiments illustrated include boost configurations.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2011Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: Volterra Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Sombuddha Chakraborty, Yali Xiong, Michael D. McJimsey, Anthony J. Stratakos, Giovanni Garcea, Ilija Jergovic, Andrew Burstein, Andrea Pizzutelli
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Patent number: 8907642Abstract: A regulated, power supply system is described using multiphase DC-DC converters with dynamic fast-turnon, slow-turnoff phase shedding, early phase turn-on, and both load-voltage and drive-transistor feedback to pulsewidth modulators to provide fast response to load transients. In an embodiment, a system master can automatically determine whether all, or only some, slave phase units are fully populated. The programmable system includes fault detection with current and voltage sensing, telemetry capability, and automatic shutdown capability. In an embodiment, these are buck-type converters with or without coupled inductors, however some of the embodiments illustrated include boost configurations.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2011Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Volterra Semiconductor LLCInventors: Andrew Burstein, Sombuddha Chakraborty, Yali Xiong, Michael D. McJimsey, Trey A. Roessig, Luigi Panseri, Paul H. Choi, Theodore V. Burmas, Biljana Beronja, Giovanni Garcea, Ilija Jergovic, Andrea Pizzutelli, Anthony J. Stratakos
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Patent number: 8710810Abstract: A regulated, power supply system is described using multiphase DC-DC converters with dynamic fast-turnon, slow-turnoff phase shedding, early phase turn-on, and both load-voltage and drive-transistor feedback to pulsewidth modulators to provide fast response to load transients. In an embodiment, a system master can automatically determine whether all, or only some, slave phase units are fully populated. The programmable system includes fault detection with current and voltage sensing, telemetry capability, and automatic shutdown capability. In an embodiment, these are buck-type converters with or without coupled inductors, however some of the embodiments illustrated include boost configurations.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2011Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Volterra Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Michael D. McJimsey, David B. Lidsky, Andrew Burstein, Giovanni Garcea, Jeremy M. Flasck, Ilija Jergovic, Andrea Pizzutelli