Patents by Inventor Darryl Byron Phillips

Darryl Byron Phillips 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).

  • Patent number: 6246222
    Abstract: A DC-to-DC converter having multiple power channels and a switching controller which generates a pulse-width modulated control signal for each power channel, and a switching controller for use in (and a method for generating power switch control signals for) such a converter. The control signals are generated in response to trigger signal trains generated by trigger channels. The trigger channels rotate relative to the power channels so that the control signals are generated in response to a sequence of trigger channel states. In some embodiments, the controller has one control signal channel and one trigger channel for each power channel. In other embodiments, there are N power channels, N control signal channels, and M reset channels (each for generating a trigger signal train), where M is an integer greater than N. The extra channel or channels is used for preventing rotation errors which would otherwise delay opening of the closed power switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Jeff L. Nilles, Darryl Byron Phillips