Patents by Inventor Nicolas Stephane Monier

Nicolas Stephane Monier 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).

  • Circuits and methods for operating a switching regulator
    Patent number: 9866104
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes circuits and methods for controlling the operation of a switching regulator. Closing and opening high side and low side switches may be controlled so that an inductor current may be used to charge and/or discharge an intermediate switching node when both switches are open. In one embodiment, delays between a low-to-high transition and a high-to-low transition of an AC stage may be cycled over multiple periods of a DC stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Gazelle Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicolas Stephane Monier, David Christian Gerard Tournatory
  • Switching regulator circuits and methods
    Patent number: 9577532
    Abstract: A switching regulator circuit can include multiple switching regulator stages coupled to an output. A first switching regulator stage may be operated at a different frequency than a second switching regulator stage. In some cases, one switching regulator stage is operated at a different duty cycle. The switching regulator circuit may also include multiple switching regulator stages that cancel ripple at an output node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Gazelle Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: David Christian Gerard Tournatory, Nicolas Stephane Monier
  • CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING A SWITCHING REGULATOR
    Publication number: 20150145331
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes circuits and methods for controlling the operation of a switching regulator. Closing and opening high side and low side switches may be controlled so that an inductor current may be used to charge and/or discharge an intermediate switching node when both switches are open. In one embodiment, delays between a low-to-high transition and a high-to-low transition of an AC stage may be cycled over multiple periods of a DC stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Nicolas Stephane Monier, David Christian Gerard Tournatory
  • SWITCHING REGULATOR CIRCUITS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20150028832
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes switching regulator circuits and methods. In one embodiment, multiple switching regulator stages are coupled to an output. A first switching regulator stage is operated at a different frequency than a second switching regulator stage. In another embodiment, one switching regulator stage is operated at a different duty cycle. Embodiments of the present disclosure may include multiple switching regulator stages that cancel ripple at an output node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: David Christian Gerard Tournatory, Nicolas Stephane Monier