Patents by Inventor Robert D. Wickersham

Robert D. Wickersham 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).

  • DC-to-DC converter
    Patent number: 6025705
    Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a circuit includes a DC-to-DC converter. The DC-to-DC converter includes a high-side field effect transistor (FET) and FET driver. The gate of the high-side FET is AC coupled to the FET driver. The gate-to-source electrical path of the high-side FET is coupled to be driven by a substantially fixed voltage during circuit operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Donald J. Nguyen, Geron Mark Johnston, Robert D. Wickersham