Patents Examined by Levi Gannon
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Patent number: 11812545Abstract: The present disclosure provides a power supply system and an electronic device. The power supply system is used to supply power to a load and includes a system board where the load is disposed; a substrate; at least one output capacitor surface-mounted on the second side of the system board; at least one positive output conductive-connected region disposed on the first side of the substrate, and being electrically connected to one terminal of the at least one output capacitor; at least one negative output conductive-connected region disposed on the first side of the substrate, and being electrically connected to other terminal of the at least one output capacitor; and at least one power unit disposed on the second side of the substrate, and being electrically connected to the at least one positive output conductive-connected region and the at least one negative output conductive-connected region.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Delta Electronics (Shanghai) CO., LTDInventors: Shouyu Hong, Qingdong Chen, Sansan Guo, Wulong Cong, Yiqing Ye, Chongfeng Zheng, Ganyu Zhou, Pengkai Ji
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Patent number: 11811369Abstract: Systems and methods for calibrating a wireless power transmitter is described. A wireless power transmitter can include a controller and an amplifier module. The amplifier module can include an amplifier configured to amplify a voltage converted from a current proportional to power consumed by a wireless power transmitter, and a circuit connected to the amplifier. The circuit can be configured to receive a control signal from the controller. The circuit can be further configured to perform time division multiplexing on an output of the amplifier according to the control signal. A time division multiplexed output of the amplifier can include calibration data of the amplifier. The amplifier can be configured to output the time division multiplexed output to the controller.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Renesas Electronics America Inc.Inventors: Gustavo James Mehas, Marcin Kamil Augustyniak, Giovanni Figliozzi
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Patent number: 11809019Abstract: An electronic contact lens. In some embodiments, the electronic contact lens includes a plurality of power-consuming circuits and a power supply circuit. The power supply circuit may be configured to distribute available power among two voltage domains in the electronic contact lens according to changing power requirements within the two voltage domains.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Tectus CorporationInventor: Mohammad Hekmat
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Patent number: 11804736Abstract: A power transmission device includes a power transmission coil, a magnetically shielded space created by a power transmission-side cancel coil arranged outside the power transmission coil, a moving member configured to move a metal foreign substance, and a moving mechanism configured to move a part or all of an upper surface of the moving member from an area outside the magnetically shielded space into the magnetically shielded space.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Matsuo, Keisuke Fujimoto
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Patent number: 11804738Abstract: A communication system, comprising a pendant and a base (comprising a transmitter, a receiver, and a wireless power transmitter) and a pendant (comprising a transmitter, a receiver, and a wireless power receiver configured to wirelessly receive electrical energy from the wireless power transmitter). The transmitters, the receivers, the wireless power receiver, and the wireless power transmitter (at least) are sealed. The communication system is configured affect actions and operations in equipment based on conjectures of whether the pendant is in close proximity or medium proximity to the base by analyzing a power quantity that the wireless power receiver is receiving from the wireless power transmitter, the strength with which a signal emitted from a transmitters is received by a receiver, and/or comparing an extent to which motion detected by a motion detector in the base corresponds to motion detected by a motion detector in the pendant.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Marquardt GmbHInventors: Stephen McMahon, Christopher Berry
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Patent number: 11799325Abstract: A power transfer device disclosed herein is a console installed in a vehicle. The console includes a power transfer panel and a wireless power transfer portion. The power transfer panel outputs microwaves receivable by a built-in power receiver antenna in an electronic device. The wireless power transfer portion in which the power transfer panel is disposed therein can hold the electronic device. A bottom wall, sidewalls, and a cover that define the wireless power transfer portion include microwave shields that shield the microwaves.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kosuke Sone, Hiroki Hirai, Yasuyuki Yamamoto, Kota Oda, Ichirou Kuwayama, Suguru Yamagishi, Toyohisa Takano
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Patent number: 11799455Abstract: Provided is a relaxation oscillating circuit, which comprises a charging circuit, a discharging circuit, a switch circuit, a charging-discharging capacitor and an output circuit. The charging circuit comprises a first current source and a first isolating transistor. The discharging circuit comprises a second current source and a second isolating transistor. The switch circuit comprises a main charging transistor and an auxiliary charging transistor arranged as mirror and a main discharging transistor and an auxiliary discharging transistor arranged as mirror. The main charging transistor and the main discharging transistor are alternately conducted. According to a voltage of the charging-discharging capacitor, the output circuit outputs a clock signal and a control signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: HANGZHOU VANGO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Pengpeng Chen, Ling Lin, Xiangyang Jiang, Junjie Hong, Yuyan Liu
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Patent number: 11796967Abstract: In a clock apparatus, a signal waveguide includes: a gas cell having a sealed interior; and a dipolar gas inside the sealed interior. A first apparatus is configured to provide a first electromagnetic wave through the sealed interior along a first direction. A second apparatus is configured to provide a second electromagnetic wave through the sealed interior along a second direction, in which the second direction is opposite the first direction. Also, the clock apparatus includes receiving apparatus coupled to the signal waveguide and configured to detect an amount of energy in the second electromagnetic wave passing through the dipolar gas.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Juan Alejandro Herbsommer, Argyrios Dellis, Adam Joseph Fruehling
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Patent number: 11791744Abstract: A rectifier circuit includes a switch circuit including at least one bidirectional switch and configured to rectify an alternating-current voltage of an alternating-current voltage line, and a surge suppression circuit connected to the alternating-current voltage line and configured to suppress a surge voltage of the switch circuit, where a dead time when the bidirectional switch is turned off is present.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yuki Shoji
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Patent number: 11791671Abstract: A charging seat includes a processor having hardware. The processor is configured to detect that a user is seated in a seat portion, detect an electric assistance apparatus that is worn by the user and assists the user in walking, and supply electric power in conformity with a charging standard of the electric assistance apparatus to the electric assistance apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuka Shiraiwa, Hirotaka Saito, Yuma Matsumoto, Takahiro Uchida, Shuji Moriyama
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Patent number: 11791665Abstract: Foreign object detection for wireless power transmitters and related apparatuses and methods are disclosed. An apparatus includes an analog-to-digital converter to sample at least one of a coil voltage potential and a coil current representation of a transmit coil inductively coupled to a receive coil of a wireless power receiver with a distance between the transmit coil and the receive coil. The apparatus also includes a processing core to determine an expected reference Q-factor value responsive to the at least one of the sampled coil voltage potential and the sampled coil current representation. The expected reference Q-factor value indicates a Q-factor value expected at a predetermined reference wireless power transmitter inductively coupled to the wireless power receiver with a reference distance from a reference transmit coil of the predetermined reference wireless power transmitter to the receive coil of the wireless power receiver.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Microchip Technology IncorporatedInventor: Santosh Bhandarkar
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Patent number: 11784508Abstract: Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems and related methods that may be used to supply power to two-way, portable radios are described. The UPS system provides full UPS functionality and a constant output voltage independent of a battery voltage and battery State of Charge (SOC).Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Inventor: Yves Destenaves
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Patent number: 11776162Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a circuit breaker opening/closing assistance apparatus for correcting a thermal image of a circuit breaker on the basis of a visible image of the circuit breaker, and assisting an opening/closing operation of the relevant circuit breaker on the basis of a temperature identified through the corrected thermal image. Further, the present disclosure relates to a circuit breaker opening/closing assistance apparatus for identifying a temperature of a circuit breaker in which a failure has occurred, on the basis of a thermal image of the circuit breaker, and assisting an opening/closing operation of the relevant circuit breaker on the basis of the identified temperature.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2019Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: LS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Min-Je Lee, Bum-Youl Kim
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Patent number: 11777343Abstract: A power transmission device wirelessly transmits electric power to a power reception device. A power transmission coil is configured by winding a conductive wire. A foreign object detection device detects a foreign object. Sensor coils are placed to cover the power transmission coil. A detector executes determination processing of determining existence of the foreign object on each of the sensor coils, based on a comparison result between a comparison target value based on output voltage output from one sensor coil of the sensor coils and a threshold value set to the one sensor coil. The detector executes threshold value change processing of changing the threshold value set to the one sensor coil on each of the sensor coils, based on induced voltage induced in the one sensor coil by magnetic flux generated by the power transmission coil.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuki Kondo, Akira Gotani, Masahide Ohnishi
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Patent number: 11770157Abstract: In an embodiment, a semiconductor device is disclosed that comprises a multiplexer. The multiplexer is configured to receive signals from each of a plurality of transmission coils of a wireless power transmitter as inputs and to output an output signal based at least in part on one of the signals. The semiconductor device further comprises an attenuator connected to the multiplexer that is configured to adjust a voltage of the output signal. The attenuator comprises a variable resistance. The semiconductor device further comprises a plurality of pull down circuits each corresponding to one of the transmission coils. The pull down circuits are configured to selectively clamp the signals received from the corresponding transmission coils to ground.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Inventors: Gustavo James Mehas, Giovanni Figliozzi
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Patent number: 11764622Abstract: A wireless power transfer system includes selecting an operating mode from a plurality of transmission modes, which includes, at least, a first operating mode having a first power level and a first data rate and a second operating mode having a second power level and a second power rate, wherein the first data rate is greater than the second data rate and the first power level is less than the second power level. The system further includes performing, one or more of encoding the wireless data signals, decoding the wireless data signals, receiving the wireless data signals, transmitting the wireless data signals or combinations thereof. The system further includes driving a transmitter antenna of the wireless power transmission system, by the amplifier, based on a driving signal generated in accordance with the selected operating mode.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: NuCurrent, Inc.Inventors: Jason Luzinski, Alberto Peralta
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Patent number: 11764751Abstract: A resonant member of a MEMS resonator oscillates in a mechanical resonance mode that produces non-uniform regional stresses such that a first level of mechanical stress in a first region of the resonant member is higher than a second level of mechanical stress in a second region of the resonant member. A plurality of openings within a surface of the resonant member are disposed more densely within the first region than the second region and at least partly filled with a compensating material that reduces temperature dependence of the resonant frequency corresponding to the mechanical resonance mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: SiTime CorporationInventors: Paul M. Hagelin, Charles I. Grosjean
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Patent number: 11764761Abstract: A pure digital ring oscillator with constant power consumption as oscillation frequency is adjusted. Circuit topology includes a multiplexer implemented in NAND gates and a delay element positioned after a path selection NAND gate of that multiplexer such that delay element transistors may not toggle if the non-delaying signal path is selected. Assuming a delay element oscillation frequency f and a total capacitance C, and also assuming a plurality N of delay gates each characterized by a propagation delay t1 and a capacitance C1 such that C=C1*N, the ring oscillator of the present invention is characterized by a C value that is proportional to N and an f value that is inversely proportional to N. Furthermore, each of the N delay gates as well as the input and output gates of the multiplexer are characterized by a common capacitance-to-propagation delay ratio=C1/t1.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Fermi Research Alliance, LLCInventor: Jinyuan Wu
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Patent number: 11764802Abstract: A digitally-controlled oscillator (DCO) circuit includes a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) to generate a first current based on most significant bits of a multi-bit code received from a time-to-digital converter (TDC) of a digital phase-locked loop (PLL). The DCO circuit further includes a sigma-delta modulator (SDM) to modulate least significant bits of the multi-bit code into a set of digital bits based on a first frequency of a feedback clock of the DPLL. The set of digital bits is to cause the DAC to generate a second current. The DCO circuit further includes a ring oscillator coupled to the DAC, the ring oscillator to generate an alternating-current (AC) output signal having a second frequency corresponding to a combination of the first current and the second current.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor CorporationInventor: Avri Harush
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Patent number: 11764728Abstract: An oscillator includes a first current source, a second current source, a first chopper circuit, a resistive component, a capacitive component, and a processing circuit. The first current source provides a first current. The second current source provides a second current. The first chopper circuit includes a first terminal coupled to the first current source, a second terminal coupled to the second current source, a third terminal coupled to the resistive component, and a fourth terminal coupled to the capacitive component. The processing circuit generates an output clock in response to a first voltage across the resistive component and a second voltage across the capacitive component. The first chopper circuit couples the first terminal and the second terminal to the third terminal and the fourth terminal, respectively and alternately. The resistive component and the capacitive component receive the first current and the second current, respectively and alternately.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Airoha Technology Corp.Inventors: Yu-Hua Liu, Yao-Te Chiu