Patents by Inventor Aaron Melgar

Aaron Melgar 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: 10523039
    Abstract: Systems for charging a battery are provided, the systems comprising: a regulator having an output coupled to the battery and having an input; a wireless charging receiver having an output coupled to the input of the regulator and having an input that receives a power signal from a wireless charging transmitter; a controller having a first input coupled to the input of the regulator, having a second input coupled to the output of the regulator, and having a first output coupled to the wireless charging transmitter, wherein the controller is configured to send, using the first output of the controller, a control signal to the wireless charging transmitter that causes the wireless charging transmitter to change the power signal provided to the wireless charging receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Lion Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Melgar, Wonyoung Kim, Hans Meyvaert
  • Patent number: 10432008
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a method of charging a battery. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving, in a battery charging circuit on an electronic device, an input voltage having a first voltage value from an external power source. The battery charger is configured to produce a charge current having a first current value into the battery. The input current limit and/or duty cycle of the charger is monitored. Control signals may be generated to increase the first voltage value of the input voltage if either (i) the input current limit is activated or (ii) the duty cycle reaches a maximum duty cycle. The charger also receives signals indicating a temperature inside the electronic device and generates control signals to decrease the value of the input voltage when the temperature increases above a threshold temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Christian Sporck, VaraPrasad Arikatla, Shadi Hawawini, Steve Hawley, Thomas O'Brien, Seema Kumar, Aaron Melgar
  • Patent number: 10411490
    Abstract: Voltage regulator systems include, in part, a regulator comprising an input terminal and an output terminal, wherein the regulator is configured to receive an input voltage from an adapter at the input terminal and provide an output voltage at the output terminal, wherein the regulator comprises at least one switched capacitor regulator operating in a first conversion mode corresponding to a first conversion factor. The voltage regulator systems also include a controller configured to control an operation of the regulator, wherein the controller is configured to determine when a conversion ratio of the regulator is greater than the first conversion factor, and, in response, to send a request to the adapter to decrease the input voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Lion Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Melgar, Alberto Alessandro Angelo Puggelli, Thomas Li, Zhipeng Li, Hans Meyvaert, John Crossley, Wonyoung Kim
  • Publication number: 20190052113
    Abstract: Systems for charging a battery are provided, the systems comprising: a regulator having an output coupled to the battery and having an input; a wireless charging receiver having an output coupled to the input of the regulator and having an input that receives a power signal from a wireless charging transmitter; a controller having a first input coupled to the input of the regulator, having a second input coupled to the output of the regulator, and having a first output coupled to the wireless charging transmitter, wherein the controller is configured to send, using the first output of the controller, a control signal to the wireless charging transmitter that causes the wireless charging transmitter to change the power signal provided to the wireless charging receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Aaron Melgar, Wonyoung Kim, Hans Meyvaert
  • Patent number: 10185342
    Abstract: A configurable charge converter may include an adaptive low-dropout regulator. The adaptive low-dropout regulator may include a headroom detection circuit and a power supply controller. The headroom detection circuit may monitor a voltage drop across a field effect transistor (FET) and cause a programmable power supply to increase or decrease an output voltage accordingly. In some aspects, the configurable charge converter may include an adaptive low-dropout regulator and a buck/boost converter. The output power of the configurable charge controller may be provided by the adaptive low-dropout regulator, the buck/boost converter, or by both the adaptive low-dropout regulator and the buck/boost converter operating in combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Aaron Melgar, Christian Sporck, Chunping Song, David Wong, Rashed Hoque, Neal Horovitz, Hector Ivan Oporta, Daryl Bergstrom
  • Publication number: 20180129234
    Abstract: A configurable charge converter may include an adaptive low-dropout regulator. The adaptive low-dropout regulator may include a headroom detection circuit and a power supply controller. The headroom detection circuit may monitor a voltage drop across a field effect transistor (FET) and cause a programmable power supply to increase or decrease an output voltage accordingly. In some aspects, the configurable charge converter may include an adaptive low-dropout regulator and a buck/boost converter. The output power of the configurable charge controller may be provided by the adaptive low-dropout regulator, the buck/boost converter, or by both the adaptive low-dropout regulator and the buck/boost converter operating in combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Aaron Melgar, Christian Sporck, Chunping Song, David Wong, Rashed Hoque, Neal Horovitz, Hector Ivan Oporta, Daryl Bergstrom
  • Publication number: 20180090946
    Abstract: Voltage regulator systems include, in part, a regulator comprising an input terminal and an output terminal, wherein the regulator is configured to receive an input voltage from an adapter at the input terminal and provide an output voltage at the output terminal, wherein the regulator comprises at least one switched capacitor regulator operating in a first conversion mode corresponding to a first conversion factor. The voltage regulator systems also include a controller configured to control an operation of the regulator, wherein the controller is configured to determine when a conversion ratio of the regulator is greater than the first conversion factor, and, in response, to send a request to the adapter to decrease the input voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Aaron Melgar, Alberto Alessandro Angelo Puggelli, Thomas Li, Zhipeng Li, Hans Meyvaert, John Crossley, Wonyoung Kim
  • Publication number: 20180013295
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a method of charging a battery. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving, in a battery charging circuit on an electronic device, an input voltage having a first voltage value from an external power source. The battery charger is configured to produce a charge current having a first current value into the battery. The input current limit and/or duty cycle of the charger is monitored. Control signals may be generated to increase the first voltage value of the input voltage if either (i) the input current limit is activated or (ii) the duty cycle reaches a maximum duty cycle. The charger also receives signals indicating a temperature inside the electronic device and generates control signals to decrease the value of the input voltage when the temperature increases above a threshold temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Christian Sporck, VaraPrasad Arikatla, Shadi Hawawini, Steve Hawley, Thomas O'Brien, Seema Kumar, Aaron Melgar
  • Patent number: 9748788
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a method of charging a battery. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving, in a battery charging circuit on an electronic device, an input voltage having a first voltage value from an external power source. The battery charger is configured to produce a charge current having a first current value into the battery. The input current limit and/or duty cycle of the charger is monitored. Control signals may be generated to increase the first voltage value of the input voltage if either (i) the input current limit is activated or (ii) the duty cycle reaches a maximum duty cycle. The charger also receives signals indicating a temperature inside the electronic device and generates control signals to decrease the value of the input voltage when the temperature increases above a threshold temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Christian Sporck, VaraPrasad Arikatla, Shadi Hawawini, Steve Hawley, Thomas O'Brien, Seema Kumar, Aaron Melgar
  • Publication number: 20170085098
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a method of charging a battery. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving, in a battery charging circuit on an electronic device, an input voltage having a first voltage value from an external power source. The battery charger is configured to produce a charge current having a first current value into the battery. The input current limit and/or duty cycle of the charger is monitored. Control signals may be generated to increase the first voltage value of the input voltage if either (i) the input current limit is activated or (ii) the duty cycle reaches a maximum duty cycle. The charger also receives signals indicating a temperature inside the electronic device and generates control signals to decrease the value of the input voltage when the temperature increases above a threshold temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Christian Sporck, VaraPrasad Arikatla, Shadi Hawawini, Steve Hawley, Thomas O'Brien, Seema Kumar, Aaron Melgar