Patents by Inventor Stefaan Maeyaert

Stefaan Maeyaert 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).

  • Publication number: 20110075446
    Abstract: The present disclosure presents a circuit for converting a pulsed input voltage to a DC output voltage. The circuit comprises input nodes for receiving the pulsed input voltage and output nodes for outputting the DC output voltage. The circuit further comprises a first transistor and a second transistor connected between the input and the output nodes in a synchronous rectifier configuration. The first and second transistors each have a gate connected to a driving circuit configured for alternately charging the gates of the transistors whereby the driving circuit comprises an auxiliary circuit not directly connected to the input nodes and configured for providing a predetermined auxiliary supply voltage to the gates. In an embodiment, the auxiliary circuit comprises a buck DC-DC converter of which an input node is connected to the output nodes and of which an output node is connected to the gates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicants: IMEC, UNIVERSITEIT GENT
    Inventors: Jan Doutreloigne, Benoit Bakeroot, Stefaan Maeyaert, Vincent De Gezelle