Patents by Inventor Austin Curbow

Austin Curbow 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).

  • Methods and systems for matching both dynamic and static parameters in dies, discretes, and/or modules, and methods and systems based on the same
    Patent number: 11742332
    Abstract: A device binning and/or matching process includes measuring with a testing device currents and/or voltages of a device with respect to time, determining with the testing device binning and/or matching criteria for the device based on transfer data generated from the device currents and/or the voltages measured with respect to time, and outputting with the testing device the binning and/or matching criteria for the device. A system and power module are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: WOLFSPEED, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel John Martin, William Austin Curbow
  • Power modules having an integrated clamp circuit and process thereof
    Patent number: 11652473
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a power module apparatus that includes a base plate, a power substrate positioned relative to the base plate, at least two power contacts, a gate-source board mounted relative to the power substrate, gate drive connectors electrically connected to the gate-source board, a housing secured to the power substrate, and a clamping circuit electrically connected to the at least one power device. The clamping circuit being configured to clamp an input to a gate of the at least one power device. The clamping circuit being arranged with at least one of the following: the base plate, the power substrate, one of the at least two power contacts, the at least one power device, the gate-source board, the gate drive connectors, and the housing. The disclosure is further directed to a process of configuring a power module apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: WOLFSPEED, INC.
    Inventors: Austin Curbow, Daniel Martin
  • Power modules having an integrated clamp circuit and process thereof
    Patent number: 11652478
    Abstract: A power module apparatus includes a power substrate, at least one power device electrically connected to the power substrate and a gate-source board mounted relative to the power substrate, the gate-source board electrically connected to the at least one power device, a housing secured to the power substrate, and a clamping circuit electrically connected to the at least one power device. The clamping circuit being configured to reduce a voltage charge up at a gate of the at least one power device to within 8 V of a desired voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: WOLFSPEED, INC.
    Inventors: Austin Curbow, Daniel Martin
  • Methods and Systems for Matching Both Dynamic and Static Parameters in Dies, Discretes, and/or Modules, and Methods and Systems Based on the Same
    Publication number: 20210175214
    Abstract: A device binning and/or matching process includes measuring with a testing device currents and/or voltages of a device with respect to time, determining with the testing device binning and/or matching criteria for the device based on transfer data generated from the device currents and/or the voltages measured with respect to time, and outputting with the testing device the binning and/or matching criteria for the device. A system and power module are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel John Martin, William Austin Curbow
  • Power Modules Having an Integrated Clamp Circuit and Process Thereof
    Publication number: 20180175853
    Abstract: A power module apparatus includes a power substrate, at least one power device electrically connected to the power substrate and a gate-source board mounted relative to the power substrate, the gate-source board electrically connected to the at least one power device, a housing secured to the power substrate, and a clamping circuit electrically connected to the at least one power device. The clamping circuit being configured to reduce a voltage charge up at a gate of the at least one power device to within 8 V of a desired voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Austin Curbow, Daniel Martin
  • Power Modules Having an Integrated Clamp Circuit and Process Thereof
    Publication number: 20180175833
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a power module apparatus that includes a base plate, a power substrate positioned relative to the base plate, at least two power contacts, a gate-source board mounted relative to the power substrate, gate drive connectors electrically connected to the gate-source board, a housing secured to the power substrate, and a clamping circuit electrically connected to the at least one power device. The clamping circuit being configured to clamp an input to a gate of the at least one power device. The clamping circuit being arranged with at least one of the following: the base plate, the power substrate, one of the at least two power contacts, the at least one power device, the gate-source board, the gate drive connectors, and the housing. The disclosure is further directed to a process of configuring a power module apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Austin Curbow, Daniel Martin