Patents by Inventor Erick Pfeifer

Erick Pfeifer 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).

  • System with Increasing Protected Storage Area and Erase Protection
    Publication number: 20220113879
    Abstract: An apparatus may include a processor. The apparatus may include a memory communicatively coupled to the processor. The apparatus may include a memory control circuit (MCC). The MCC may be configured to define a protected portion of the memory, wherein the protected portion of the memory is configured for read-only access by the processor, increase a size of the protected portion of the memory, and, after the increase in size of the protected portion of the memory, prevent decreases of the size of the protected portion of the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Microchip Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Roshan Samuel, Erick Pfeifer, John Day, Daniel Ujvari
  • Predictive thermal control management using temperature and power sensors
    Patent number: 10394294
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a microcontroller configured to cool an electronic device. The microcontroller is configured to receive a power consumption value of the electronic device, determine, based on the power consumption value and a stored previous power consumption value, a change value representing an amount that power consumption of the electronic device changed from a previous power consumption of the electronic device, determine an output cooling control value based at least in part on the change value, and control an output for cooling the electronic device using the output cooling control value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Erick Pfeifer, Kyle Gaede
  • PREDICTIVE THERMAL CONTROL MANAGEMENT USING TEMPERATURE AND POWER SENSORS
    Publication number: 20180059747
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a microcontroller configured to cool an electronic device. The microcontroller is configured to receive a power consumption value of the electronic device, determine, based on the power consumption value and a stored previous power consumption value, a change value representing an amount that power consumption of the electronic device changed from a previous power consumption of the electronic device, determine an output cooling control value based at least in part on the change value, and control an output for cooling the electronic device using the output cooling control value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: Microchip Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Erick Pfeifer, Kyle Gaede