Patents by Inventor Eiichiro KUROSAWA

Eiichiro KUROSAWA 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).

  • Publication number: 20120032659
    Abstract: A power supply device for transforming a DC input voltage by switching charging/discharging of an inductor, and obtaining a DC output voltage by smoothing the transformed voltage by a capacitor, includes: a transistor for synchronous rectification coupled between the inductor and the capacitor; a current determination circuit for determining whether a current flowing through the transistor is less than a lower-limit current; and a control circuit for operating the transistor in a constant current operation while the current flowing through the transistor is greater than the lower-limit current and operating the transistor in a rectification operation when the current is less than the lower-limit current, based on a determination result of the current determination circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Eiichiro KUROSAWA, Jun Tanaka