Patents by Inventor Anthony K. Bonte

Anthony K. Bonte 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).

  • Class AB inverting driver for PNP bipolar transistor LDO regulator
    Patent number: 9632519
    Abstract: A driver circuit for a PNP power transistor in an LDO regulator uses a Class AB (push-pull) buffer to supply the necessary base current to an NPN driver transistor, where the NPN driver transistor has its collector connected to the base of the PNP power transistor. A front end circuit of the driver, coupled to drive the Class AB buffer, uses a current diverting transistor, where a first portion of the current is used to control the pull-up transistor in the Class AB buffer, and the remainder of the current is used to control the pull-down transistor in the Class AB buffer, so the driver is very efficient. The portion of the driver circuit between the input of the driver circuit and the base of the NPN driver transistor is an inverting circuit. The driver can properly operate with an input voltage within two diode drops of ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Linear Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Amitkumar P. Patel, Anthony K. Bonte
  • Class AB inverting driver for PNP bipolar transistor LDO regulator
    Publication number: 20150362935
    Abstract: A driver circuit for a PNP power transistor in an LDO regulator uses a Class AB (push-pull) buffer to supply the necessary base current to an NPN driver transistor, where the NPN driver transistor has its collector connected to the base of the PNP power transistor. A front end circuit of the driver, coupled to drive the Class AB buffer, uses a current diverting transistor, where a first portion of the current is used to control the pull-up transistor in the Class AB buffer, and the remainder of the current is used to control the pull-down transistor in the Class AB buffer, so the driver is very efficient. The portion of the driver circuit between the input of the driver circuit and the base of the NPN driver transistor is an inverting circuit. The driver can properly operate with an input voltage within two diode drops of ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Amitkumar P. Patel, Anthony K. Bonte
  • Switching regulator circuit using magnetic flux-sensing
    Patent number: 5438499
    Abstract: Control circuits for a switching voltage regulator circuit which uses magnetic flux sensing are provided. These circuits can be used to improve output voltage regulation by reducing parasitic effects inherently present in magnetic flux-sensed feedback switching voltage regulator designs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1995
    Assignee: Linear Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Anthony K. Bonte, Carl T. Nelson
  • Switching regulator circuit using magnetic flux-sensing
    Patent number: 5305192
    Abstract: Control circuits for a switching voltage regulator circuit which uses magnetic flux sensing are provided. These circuits can be used to improve output voltage regulation by reducing parasitic effects inherently present in magnetic flux-sensed feedback switching voltage regulator designs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1994
    Assignee: Linear Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony K. Bonte, Carl T. Nelson