Patents by Inventor Ben Gelissen

Ben Gelissen 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).

  • Differential integrated input circuit
    Patent number: 8692583
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are provided for a differential integrated input circuit. The apparatus includes n-type semiconductor devices and p-type semiconductor devices. The p-type semiconductor devices are cross-coupled with the n-type semiconductor devices. Each of the p-type semiconductor devices biases a corresponding n-type semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Aloysius Johannes Maria Boomkamp, Stefan Butselaar, Ben Gelissen, Mehdi El Ghorba, Cornelis Klaas Waardenburg
  • DIFFERENTIAL INTEGRATED INPUT CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20130049845
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are provided for a differential integrated input circuit. The apparatus includes n-type semiconductor devices and p-type semiconductor devices. The p-type semiconductor devices are cross-coupled with the n-type semiconductor devices. Each of the p-type semiconductor devices biases a corresponding n-type semiconductor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Aloysius Johannes Maria Boomkamp, Stefan Butselaar, Ben Gelissen, Mehdi El Ghorba, Cornelis Klaas Waardenburg
  • Interference-tolerant communication circuit
    Patent number: 8368432
    Abstract: An interference-tolerant transmitter is provided. In accordance with various example embodiments, a transmitter circuit includes a control circuit configured to maintain the sum of current as applied to a load from respective high-side and low-side current sources at a target level (e.g., range). In some applications, clamp circuits are used to clamp current to high and low sides of the load respectively in response to changes at the low-side and high-side of the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Stefan Gerhard Erich Butselaar, Louk Boomkamp, Cornelis Klaas Waardenburg, Ben Gelissen, Mehdi El-Ghorba
  • INTERFERENCE-TOLERANT COMMUNICATION CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20120119793
    Abstract: An interference-tolerant transmitter is provided. In accordance with various example embodiments, a transmitter circuit includes a control circuit configured to maintain the sum of current as applied to a load from respective high-side and low-side current sources at a target level (e.g., range). In some applications, clamp circuits are used to clamp current to high and low sides of the load respectively in response to changes at the low-side and high-side of the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Stefan Gerhard Erich Butselaar, Louk Boomkamp, Cornelis Klaas Waardenburg, Ben Gelissen, Mehdi El-Ghorba
  • Flash A/D converter
    Patent number: 7737873
    Abstract: A flash analog-to-digital converter comprising a resistive reference ladder, a set of comparators for comparing the analog input signal with the reference voltages of the ladder to provide a digital code representing a coarse quantization of the input signal, a set of switches connected to the reference ladder and controlled by said digital code to provide an analog representation of the coarse quantization of the input signal, means to derive from said analog representation of the coarse quantization and from the input signal one or more residue signals and a fine analog-to-digital converter stage to generate a digital code representing a fine quantization of the one or more residue signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Ben Gelissen, Hendrik Van Der Ploeg
  • FLASH A/D CONVERTER
    Publication number: 20090201189
    Abstract: A flash analog-to-digital converter comprising a resistive reference ladder, a set of comparators for comparing the analog input signal with the reference voltages of the ladder to provide a digital code representing a coarse quantization of the input signal, a set of switches connected to the reference ladder and controlled by said digital code to provide an analog representation of the coarse quantization of the input signal, means to derive from said analog representation of the coarse quantization and from the input signal one or more residue signals and a fine analog-to-digital converter stage to generate a digital code representing a fine quantization of the one or more residue signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Ben Gelissen, Hendrik Van Der Ploeg