Patents by Inventor Xin Zan

Xin Zan 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: 11870439
    Abstract: A pulse shaping device includes an inductor that is selectively output-coupled to a first port of a capacitor. The inductor is charged to a selected current throughput and then coupled to the first port to generate a first characteristic within the current flowing at a second port of the capacitor. The capacitor is charged until reaching a clamping voltage at the first port. A voltage clamp of the shaping device clamps the first port of the capacitor at the clamping voltage to generate a second characteristic within the current flowing at a second port of the capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Xin Zan, Al-Thaddeus Avestruz
  • Publication number: 20230298793
    Abstract: A field cancellation device includes a primary coil and a cancellation coil. The primary coil surrounds a primary volume. The cancellation coil is disposed at least in part within the primary volume. Upon simultaneous incidence of an input signal on both coils, the primary coil and the cancellation coil each generate a response to the signal input. The cancellation field associated with the response from the cancellation coil may cancel a portion of the field power in a protected volume, which is the part of the primary volume surrounded by the cancellation coil. The field cancellation device further includes a balancing inductor that controls the balance between the responses generated by the respective coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Al-Thaddeus Avestruz, Xin Zan
  • Publication number: 20230179182
    Abstract: A pulse shaping device includes an inductor that is selectively output-coupled to a first port of a capacitor. The inductor is charged to a selected current throughput and then coupled to the first port to generate a first characteristic within the current flowing at a second port of the capacitor. The capacitor is charged until reaching a clamping voltage at the first port. A voltage clamp of the shaping device clamps the first port of the capacitor at the clamping voltage to generate a second characteristic within the current flowing at a second port of the capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Xin Zan, Al-Thaddeus Avestruz
  • Patent number: 11424739
    Abstract: A device for driving a control terminal of a transistor includes an input terminal, a transformer including an input winding and an output winding, the input winding being coupled to the input terminal, an n-stage buffer circuit configured to generate a drive signal for the control terminal of the transistor, the n-stage buffer circuit being coupled to a first end of the output winding, and a positive feedback path coupled to an output of a stage of the n-stage buffer circuit to provide a DC offset to an input of the n-stage buffer circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Al-Thaddeus Avestruz, Xin Zan
  • Publication number: 20220021243
    Abstract: A device for wireless power transfer includes a segmented coil comprising a plurality of coil segments, each adjacent pair of coil segments of the plurality of coil segments being separated from one another by a respective passive element, and a plurality of constituent converters coupled to the segmented coil, each constituent converter of the plurality of constituent converters being coupled to a respective coil segment of the plurality of coil segments to drive the respective coil segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Al-Thaddeus Avestruz, Xin Zan
  • Publication number: 20210376828
    Abstract: A device for driving a control terminal of a transistor includes an input terminal, a transformer including an input winding and an output winding, the input winding being coupled to the input terminal, an n-stage buffer circuit configured to generate a drive signal for the control terminal of the transistor, the n-stage buffer circuit being coupled to a first end of the output winding, and a positive feedback path coupled to an output of a stage of the n-stage buffer circuit to provide a DC offset to an input of the n-stage buffer circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Al-Thaddeus Avestruz, Xin Zan