Patents by Inventor Anthony D. Sagneri
Anthony D. Sagneri 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).
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Patent number: 9318958Abstract: A method of on/off modulation of a very high frequency switching cell-based power converter includes receiving an input voltage signal to be applied to a plurality of series stacked very high frequency power converter cells for producing an output voltage and/or current, and controlling a portion of the plurality of series stacked high frequency power converter cells through on/off modulation of at least one of the plurality of series stacked high frequency power converter cells to control the output current and/or the output voltage.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2012Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: FINsix CorporationInventors: Anthony D. Sagneri, Jae-Won George Hwang, Justin Michael Burkhart, Fred Chen
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Patent number: 9184660Abstract: In an aspect, the present invention provides a high frequency switching power converter. The high frequency switching power converter may include a plurality of soft-switchable power cells flexibly connected to receive an input signal in series and provide an output. The high frequency switching power converter may further include a controller for configuring the flexible connection and for controlling the power cells to receive the input signal. In an embodiment, each of the plurality of power cells may be separately controllable by the controller. Further, a portion of the plurality of power cells may be arranged with parallel outputs. Additionally, at least one of the plurality of cells may include one or more switched capacitors. In another embodiment, the at least one of the plurality of cells may include at least one switched capacitor and a DC/DC regulating converter.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2011Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: FINsix CorporationInventors: Anthony D. Sagneri, Jae-Won George Hwang, Justin Michael Burkhart, Fred Chen
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Patent number: 8848399Abstract: A VHF switching power converter comprising one or more VHF switching frequency resonant synchronous rectifiers receives an output from an inverter and delivers a DC output to a load. The power converter includes a controller for controlling at least one of the one or more VHF switching frequency resonant synchronous rectifiers based on feedback derived from a waveform of at least one of the rectifiers. The controller controls a phase angle of at least one of the rectifiers with a delay locked loop. The power converter delivers a regulated DC output via adjustment of a phase shift between at least one of the one or more rectifiers and the inverter.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: FINsix CorporationInventors: Anthony D. Sagneri, Jae-Won George Hwang, Justin Michael Burkhart, Fred Chen
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Patent number: 8542509Abstract: A method of multi-path power factor correction includes providing a plurality of energy transfer paths from a voltage-varying input to an output; delivering a first fraction of available input energy to one or more energy storage networks at the input of at least one of the plurality of energy transfer paths; delivering a second fraction of available input energy to the output; and adjusting the first fraction and second fraction for facilitating outputting a substantially constant output and for controlling the energy drawn from the input.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2012Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: FINsix CorporationInventors: Anthony D. Sagneri, Jae-Won George Hwang, Justin Michael Burkhart, Fred Chen
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Publication number: 20120217938Abstract: A method of multi-path power factor correction includes providing a plurality of energy transfer paths from a voltage-varying input to an output; delivering a first fraction of available input energy to one or more energy storage networks at the input of at least one of the plurality of energy transfer paths; delivering a second fraction of available input energy to the output; and adjusting the first fraction and second fraction for facilitating outputting a substantially constant output and for controlling the energy drawn from the input.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: OnChip PowerInventors: Anthony D. Sagneri, Jae-Won George Hwang, Justin Michael Burkhart, Fred Chen
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Publication number: 20120206946Abstract: A method of on/off modulation of a very high frequency switching cell-based power converter includes receiving an input voltage signal to be applied to a plurality of series stacked very high frequency power converter cells for producing an output voltage and/or current, and controlling a portion of the plurality of series stacked high frequency power converter cells through on/off modulation of at least one of the plurality of series stacked high frequency power converter cells to control the output current and/or the output voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2012Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: ONCHIP POWERInventors: Anthony D. Sagneri, Jae-Won George Hwang, Justin Michael Burkhart, Fred Chen
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Publication number: 20120206943Abstract: A VHF switching power converter comprising one or more VHF switching frequency resonant synchronous rectifiers receives an output from an inverter and delivers a DC output to a load. The power converter includes a controller for controlling at least one of the one or more VHF switching frequency resonant synchronous rectifiers based on feedback derived from a waveform of at least one of the rectifiers. The controller controls a phase angle of at least one of the rectifiers with a delay locked loop. The power converter delivers a regulated DC output via adjustment of a phase shift between at least one of the one or more rectifiers and the inverter.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2012Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: ONCHIP POWERInventors: Anthony D. Sagneri, Jae-Won George Hwang, Justin Michael Burkhart, Fred Chen
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Publication number: 20120069606Abstract: In an aspect, the present invention provides a high frequency switching power converter. The high frequency switching power converter may include a plurality of soft-switchable power cells flexibly connected to receive an input signal in series and provide an output. The high frequency switching power converter may further include a controller for configuring the flexible connection and for controlling the power cells to receive the input signal. In an embodiment, each of the plurality of power cells may be separately controllable by the controller. Further, a portion of the plurality of power cells may be arranged with parallel outputs. Additionally, at least one of the plurality of cells may include one or more switched capacitors. In another embodiment, the at least one of the plurality of cells may include at least one switched capacitor and a DC/DC regulating converter.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2011Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: ONCHIP POWERInventors: Anthony D. Sagneri, Jae-Won George Hwang, Justin Michael Burkhart, Fred Chen
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Patent number: 7889519Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a dc-dc converter for operating at substantially fixed switching frequency, the converter including a rectifier, and a resonant inverter coupled to the rectifier, the resonant inverter including a switch and a reactive network having first, second, third and fourth energy storage elements, wherein an impedance magnitude at the output of the switch due to the reactive network has minima at dc and at a frequency near a second harmonic of the switching frequency.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2007Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: David J. Perreault, Juan M. Rivas, Anthony D. Sagneri, Olivia Leitermann, Yehui Han, Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski