Patents by Inventor Michael Edwin Schneider

Michael Edwin Schneider 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).

  • AC-DC adapter interface and battery charger having high speed battery charger current foldback when adapter current demand exceeds prescribed limit
    Patent number: 7199558
    Abstract: Using an overcurrent detector and one-shot, an AC-DC adapter interface and battery charging circuit is operative, in response to the total current being drawn from an AC-DC adapter exceeding a prescribed limit, to immediately reduce (e.g., interrupt) the supply of battery charging current for a prescribed interval, and thereafter allow the battery charging current to incrementally adjust to an acceptable level, while maintaining the total current drawn from the AC-DC adapter to less than the prescribed limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Intersil Americas Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Magne Solie, Susan Montgomery Schneider, legal representative, Michael Edwin Schneider, deceased
  • Transient-phase PWM power supply and method
    Patent number: 7109689
    Abstract: A regulator supplies a regulated voltage to an electronic component with a plurality of phases with varying response rates. The regulator includes an output node that provides a regulated supply voltage, a first main-phase drive circuit that provides a first main load current to the output node and that has an on time and an off time, and a first transient-phase drive circuit that has a first transient load current to the output node that has an on time and an off time that are respectively less than the on and off times of the first main-phase drive circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Intersil Americas Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Edwin Schneider
  • Transient-phase PWM power supply and method
    Publication number: 20040196019
    Abstract: A regulator supplies a regulated voltage to an electronic component with a plurality of phases with varying response rates. The regulator includes an output node that provides a regulated supply voltage, a first main-phase drive circuit that provides a first main load current to the output node and that has an on time and an off time, and a first transient-phase drive circuit that has a first transient load current to the output node that has an on time and an off time that are respectively less than the on and off times of the first main-phase drive circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicant: Intersil Americas Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Edwin Schneider