Patents by Inventor Michael Stapleton
Michael Stapleton 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).
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Patent number: 10412131Abstract: Described herein are various embodiments of systems, methods, and apparatus that allow a user to share data, such as one or more files from within an application with one or more other (not necessarily co-located) computing devices using a gesture-based sharing function. In a particular example, systems, methods, and apparatus described herein may be used to share graphical representations of chemical structures within a chemical structure rendering application between two or more user devices. By offering a user a quick and visually intuitive option for sharing a file with other user(s) without exiting a current application, the systems, methods, and apparatus described herein provide efficient and engaging tools for sharing work product in real time between two or more users.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2014Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: PerkinElmer Informatics, Inc.Inventors: Robin Smith, Sunil Anant Gupta, Michael Stapleton, Benjamin James Davis, Amy Annette Hahn, Jordan Haneil Shatsoff, Joshua Benjamin Wakefield, Biying Huang, Shadrack Cgar Frazier, Sr., Brandon William Arther Graham, Beau Guy Tremblay, Sonal Shashikant Kulkarni, Daniel Oberlin, Julie E. Nelson
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Patent number: 10305363Abstract: Improved current doubling DC-DC converters having an efficient sleep mode. An illustrative converter embodiment includes: a transformer, first and second inductors coupled together at a first voltage output terminal, a reserve capacitor coupled to a second output voltage terminal, a primary switch array, a secondary switch array, and a controller. The first and second inductors each have a drive terminal coupled to a respective terminal of the transformer secondary. The primary switch array operates to convert an input voltage into forward voltage pulses and reverse voltage pulses on the transformer primary. The secondary switch array selectively couples the first inductor's drive terminal to either a charge terminal of the reserve capacitor or to the second voltage output terminal. The controller at least temporarily suspends operation of the primary switch array during a sleep mode, and uses the reserve capacitor to sustain a voltage at the first voltage output terminal.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventors: Gang Chen, Michael A. Stapleton
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Patent number: 10250119Abstract: An illustrative current-doubling DC-DC conversion method includes: converting an input voltage into forward voltage pulses and reverse voltage pulses on a primary of a transformer having a secondary coupled between a drive terminal of a first inductor and a drive terminal of a second inductor, the first and second inductors each having a common terminal coupled to a first output voltage terminal; selectively coupling the first inductor's drive terminal to a charge terminal of a reserve capacitor or to a second output voltage terminal, the first inductor's drive terminal being coupled to the charge terminal at least during the forward voltage pulses; selectively coupling the second inductor's drive terminal to the charge terminal of the reserve capacitor or to the second output voltage terminal, the second inductor's drive terminal being coupled to the charge terminal at least during the reverse voltage pulses; and concurrently coupling the drive terminals of the first and second inductors to the charge terminType: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventors: Gang Chen, Michael A. Stapleton
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Publication number: 20160063584Abstract: The invention is in general directed to methods and processes for generating revenue via an electronic commerce website. The invention is also directed to methods of processing product orders and selling product related to protocols, workflows, or other applications. The invention also contemplates methods for selling products, which include previously ordered products, related products, substitute products, and equivalent products, including but not limited to equivalent protocol products, matched reagent sets, kits, and biomodules for practicing said protocols and equivalent protocols.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2015Publication date: March 3, 2016Inventors: Siamak Baharloo, James Gilmore, Michael Stapleton, Anthony Stevens, Martin Naley, Nicole Brockway
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Patent number: 9136836Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a converter includes a circuit and method for charging a bootstrap capacitor. The circuit monitors a voltage across the bootstrap capacitor and enables charging the bootstrap capacitor in response to the voltage across the bootstrap capacitor being less than a threshold voltage.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2011Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventors: Weiyun Chen, Michael A. Stapleton, Xiaogang Feng
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Patent number: 9082868Abstract: A semiconductor component and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor component. In accordance with an embodiment, the semiconductor component includes a plurality of stacked semiconductor chips mounted to a support structure, wherein one semiconductor chip has a side with a plurality of electrical contacts electrically coupled to conductive tabs of the support structure. An electrical connector electrically connects an electrical contact formed from a side opposite the side with the plurality of electrical contacts to a corresponding conductive tab. Another semiconductor chip is mounted to the electrical connector and electrical contacts formed from this semiconductor chip are electrically connected to corresponding conductive tabs of the support structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventors: Kisun Lee, Michael A. Stapleton
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Publication number: 20140282106Abstract: Described herein are various embodiments of systems, methods, and apparatus that allow a user to share data, such as one or more files from within an application with one or more other (not necessarily co-located) computing devices using a gesture-based sharing function. In a particular example, systems, methods, and apparatus described herein may be used to share graphical representations of chemical structures within a chemical structure rendering application between two or more user devices. By offering a user a quick and visually intuitive option for sharing a file with other user(s) without exiting a current application, the systems, methods, and apparatus described herein provide efficient and engaging tools for sharing work product in real time between two or more users.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: CambridgeSoft CorporationInventors: Robin Smith, Sunil Anant Gupta, Michael Stapleton, Benjamin James Davis, Amy Annette Hahn, Jordan Haneil Shatsoff, Joshua Benjamin Wakefield, Biying Huang, Shadrack Cgar Frazier, SR., Brandon William Arther Graham, Beau Guy Tremblay, Sonal Shashikant Kulkarni, Daniel Oberlin, Julie E. Nelson
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Publication number: 20140264611Abstract: A semiconductor component and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor component. In accordance with an embodiment, the semiconductor component includes a plurality of stacked semiconductor chips mounted to a support structure, wherein one semiconductor chip has a side with a plurality of electrical contacts electrically coupled to conductive tabs of the support structure. An electrical connector electrically connects an electrical contact formed from a side opposite the side with the plurality of electrical contacts to a corresponding conductive tab. Another semiconductor chip is mounted to the electrical connector and electrical contacts formed from this semiconductor chip are electrically connected to corresponding conductive tabs of the support structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLCInventors: Kisun Lee, Michael A. Stapleton
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Patent number: 8710821Abstract: A method for mitigating aliasing effects in a single phase power converter and mitigating aliasing effects and inhibiting thermal run-away in a multi-phase power converter at varying load transition rates. A single phase or multi-phase power converter having an on-time is provided and the frequency of the power converter is adjusted so that a load step period and the on time of the single phase power converter are in a temporal relationship. Alternatively, a load step rate is inhibited from locking onto a phase current of the single phase power converter by suspending an oscillator signal. In accordance with another alternative, a load step rate is inhibited from locking onto a phase current of the single phase power converter by suspending an oscillator signal and dithering an input signal to the oscillator.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2010Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLCInventors: Ole P. Moyer, Paul Jay Harriman, Benjamin M. Rice, Christopher J. Gass, Michael A. Stapleton
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Patent number: 8582317Abstract: A semiconductor component and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor component that reduces parasitic elements. A semiconductor chip is coupled to a semiconductor chip receiving area of a support structure. The semiconductor chip has at least two power semiconductor devices. A drain contact of a first power semiconductor device is coupled to a source contact of a second power semiconductor device and the drain and source contacts of the first and second power semiconductor devices are joined to the semiconductor chip receiving area. Another semiconductor chip may be bonded to a second semiconductor chip receiving area of the support structure. An energy storage element may be coupled between the source contact of the first power semiconductor device and the drain contact of the second semiconductor device. A protective structure may be formed over the semiconductor chips and the energy storage element.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2010Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLCInventors: Yenting Wen, Kisun Lee, Michael Stapleton, Gary H. Loechelt
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Patent number: 8558522Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a converter includes a circuit and method for scaling a drive signal. The converter determines the power at its input and scales a drive signal in accordance with the input power. In accordance with another embodiment the converter determines the power at its output and scales the drive signal in accordance with the output power.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2010Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLCInventors: Paul J. Harriman, Michael A. Stapleton
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Publication number: 20120242393Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a converter includes a circuit and method for charging a bootstrap capacitor. The circuit monitors a voltage across the bootstrap capacitor and enables charging the bootstrap capacitor in response to the voltage across the bootstrap capacitor being less than a threshold voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2011Publication date: September 27, 2012Inventors: Weiyun Chen, Michael A. Stapleton, Xiaogang Feng
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Publication number: 20120203661Abstract: The invention is in general directed to methods and processes for generating revenue via an electronic commerce website. The invention is also directed to methods of processing product orders and selling product related to protocols, workflows, or other applications. The invention also contemplates methods for selling products, which include previously ordered products, related products, substitute products, and equivalent products, including but not limited to equivalent protocol products, matched reagent sets, kits, and biomodules for practicing said protocols and equivalent protocols.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2011Publication date: August 9, 2012Applicant: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Siamak BAHARLOO, James Gilmore, Michael Stapleton, Anthony Stevens, Martin Naley, Nicole Cheri Brockway
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Publication number: 20120153906Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a converter includes a circuit and method for scaling a drive signal. The converter determines the power at its input and scales a drive signal in accordance with the input power. In accordance with another embodiment the converter determines the power at its output and scales the drive signal in accordance with the output power.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2010Publication date: June 21, 2012Inventors: Paul J. Harriman, Michael A. Stapleton
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Publication number: 20110292632Abstract: A semiconductor component and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor component that reduces parasitic elements. A semiconductor chip is coupled to a semiconductor chip receiving area of a support structure. The semiconductor chip has at least two power semiconductor devices. A drain contact of a first power semiconductor device is coupled to a source contact of a second power semiconductor device and the drain and source contacts of the first and second power semiconductor devices are joined to the semiconductor chip receiving area. Another semiconductor chip may be bonded to a second semiconductor chip receiving area of the support structure. An energy storage element may be coupled between the source contact of the first power semiconductor device and the drain contact of the second semiconductor device. A protective structure may be formed over the semiconductor chips and the energy storage element.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventors: Yenting Wen, Kisun Lee, Michael Stapleton, Gary H. Loechelt
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Publication number: 20100327827Abstract: A method for method for inhibiting thermal run-away in a multi-phase power converter at varying load transition rates. A multi-phase power converter having an on-time is provided and the frequency of the multi-phase power converter is adjusted so that a load step period and the on time of the multi-phase power converter are in a temporal relationship. Alternatively, a load step rate is inhibited from locking onto a phase current of the multi-phase power converter by suspending an oscillator signal. In accordance with another alternative, a load step rate is inhibited from locking onto a phase current of the multi-phase power converter by suspending an oscillator signal and dithering an input signal to the oscillator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventors: Ole P. Moyer, Paul Jay Harriman, Benjamin M. Rice, Christopher J. Gass, Michael A. Stapleton
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Publication number: 20100277961Abstract: A method for mitigating aliasing effects in a single phase power converter and mitigating aliasing effects and inhibiting thermal run-away in a multi-phase power converter at varying load transition rates. A single phase or multi-phase power converter having an on-time is provided and the frequency of the power converter is adjusted so that a load step period and the on time of the single phase power converter are in a temporal relationship. Alternatively, a load step rate is inhibited from locking onto a phase current of the single phase power converter by suspending an oscillator signal. In accordance with another alternative, a load step rate is inhibited from locking onto a phase current of the single phase power converter by suspending an oscillator signal and dithering an input signal to the oscillator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventors: OLE P. MOYER, Paul Jay Harriman, Benjamin M. Rice, Christopher J. Gass, Michael A. Stapleton
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Patent number: 7759918Abstract: A method for method for inhibiting thermal run-away in a multi-phase power converter at varying load transition rates. A multi-phase power converter having an on-time is provided and the frequency of the multi-phase power converter is adjusted so that a load step period and the on time of the multi-phase power converter are in a temporal relationship. Alternatively, a load step rate is inhibited from locking onto a phase current of the multi-phase power converter by suspending an oscillator signal. In accordance with another alternative, a load step rate is inhibited from locking onto a phase current of the multi-phase power converter by suspending an oscillator signal and dithering an input signal to the oscillator.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2006Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, L.L.C.Inventors: Ole P. Moyer, Christopher J. Gass, Paul J. Harriman, Benjamin M. Rice, Michael A. Stapleton
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Publication number: 20070203747Abstract: The invention is in general directed to methods and processes for generating revenue via an electronic commerce website. The invention is also directed to methods of processing product orders and selling product related to protocols, workflows, or other applications. The invention also contemplates methods for selling products, which include previously ordered products, related products, substitute products, and equivalent products, including but not limited to equivalent protocol products, matched reagent sets, kits, and biomodules for practicing said protocols and equivalent protocols.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2006Publication date: August 30, 2007Inventors: Siamak Baharloo, James Gilmore, Michael Stapleton, Anthony Stevens, Martin Naley, Nicole Brockway
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Publication number: 20070003277Abstract: An attachment for the lens of a camera to facilitate macro photography of fingerprints. The device comprises a clear plastic tube, manufactured to the precise length required to achieve 1:2, or other desired close-up ratio, focusing for a given camera. The plastic tube is provided with a step-up ring at one end to provide a means for threaded attachment to the camera lens. The device is then screwed onto the lens of a camera to take close range photos.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2006Publication date: January 4, 2007Inventor: Michael Stapleton