Patents by Inventor Gerald John Michon

Gerald John Michon 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: 6191458
    Abstract: A depletion mode MOSFET and resistor are fabricated as a silicon carbide (SiC) integrated circuit (IC). The SiC IC includes a first SiC layer doped to a first conductivity type and a second SiC layer overlaid on the first SiC layer and doped to a second conductivity type. The second SiC layer includes at least four more heavily doped regions of the second conductivity type, with two of such regions comprising MOSFET source and drain electrodes and two other of such regions comprising resistor electrodes. The second SiC layer includes an isolation trench between the MOSFET electrodes and the resistor electrodes. At least two electrically conductive contacts are provided as MOSFET electrode contacts, each being positioned over at least a portion of a respective MOSFET electrode and two other electrically conductive contacts are provided as resistor electrode contacts, each being positioned over at least a portion of a respective resistor electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Dale Marius Brown, Gerald John Michon, Vikram Bidare Krishnamurthy, James William Kretchmer
  • Patent number: 5955734
    Abstract: A high temperature photocurrent detector circuit including a transimpedance amplifier having multiple stages of gain, and a driver amplifier which generates a driver current that is proportional to the photocurrent flowing through a photocurrent sensor. The voltage source utilizes source voltage wires to generate a supply current that is proportional to the driver current enabling the photocurrent detector circuit to operate as a two wire photocurrent detector circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Gerald John Michon, Louis Jacob Petrucco, Dale Marius Brown
  • Patent number: 5719489
    Abstract: A compact power circuit configured for circuit breaker applications includes, in one embodiment, a plurality of current transformers, each current transformer being coupled to a respective one of the phase lines of a power line to generate a current proportional to the current in the respective one of the phase lines. The circuit also includes a plurality of operational amplifiers, each of the operational amplifiers being coupled to a respective one of the current transformers. The operational amplifiers generate the phase signals v.sub.a, v.sub.b and v.sub.c respectively. A neutral phase signal Vn is generated by a current transformer coupled to the neutral phase line of the power line. A ground fault signal is generated from the vector sum of signals v.sub.a, v.sub.b, v.sub.c and V.sub.n.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Gerald John Michon