Patents by Inventor Ricardo Coimbra

Ricardo Coimbra 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: 10156861
    Abstract: An electronic device may include: a load and a voltage regulator coupled to the load and configured to provide a load current, where the voltage regulator includes a first and a second pass device coupled in parallel and configured to operate simultaneously. A method may include providing current to a load using a first and a second pass device coupled in parallel and configured to operate simultaneously, where the first device provides a first current corresponding to a high-frequency component and the second device provides a second current corresponding to a low-frequency component; in response to a decrease in a low-frequency component, causing the second current to decrease and causing the low-frequency component to increase; and in response to an increase in the low-frequency component, causing the second current to increase and causing the low-frequency component to decrease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Ricardo Coimbra, Javier Mauricio Olarte Gonzalez, Marcos Mauricio Pelicia
  • Publication number: 20180024580
    Abstract: An electronic device may include: a load and a voltage regulator coupled to the load and configured to provide a load current, where the voltage regulator includes a first and a second pass device coupled in parallel and configured to operate simultaneously. A method may include providing current to a load using a first and a second pass device coupled in parallel and configured to operate simultaneously, where the first device provides a first current corresponding to a high-frequency component and the second device provides a second current corresponding to a low-frequency component; in response to a decrease in a low-frequency component, causing the second current to decrease and causing the low-frequency component to increase; and in response to an increase in the low-frequency component, causing the second current to increase and causing the low-frequency component to decrease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Ricardo Coimbra, Javier Mauricio Olarte Gonzalez, Marcos Mauricio Pelicia
  • Patent number: 9785177
    Abstract: In an embodiment, an electronic device includes a first amplifier having a non-inverting input configured to receive a reference voltage and an inverting input coupled to a first output node, where the first amplifier is configured to produce a first output voltage at the first output node. The electronic device also includes a second amplifier having a non-inverting input coupled to a ground reference level, and an inverting input coupled to the first output node via a first resistor and to a second output node via a second resistor, where the second amplifier is configured to produce a second output voltage at the second output node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Ricardo Coimbra, Javier Mauricio Olarte Gonzalez