Patents by Inventor Chris J. Nassar

Chris J. Nassar 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: 8508522
    Abstract: Methods for producing a remote current for driving a load, include one of sourcing and sinking a local current, Iref, through a distributed impedance line, at a first node thereof; the other of sourcing and sinking a remote current, Iref, through the distributed impedance line in response to the local current Iref; determining a rate change of voltage of the first node; and sourcing or sinking additional current, into or out of the first node, in response to the rate of change of voltage of the first node in order to settle the voltage on the distributed impedance line, and apparatus for providing such are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Rochester Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Robert J. Bowman, Chris J. Nassar
  • Publication number: 20100201670
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for producing a remote current for driving a load, comprising: one of sourcing and sinking a local current, Iref, through a distributed impedance line, at a first node thereof; the other of sourcing and sinking a remote current, Iref, through the distributed impedance line in response to the local current Iref; determining a rate of change of voltage of the first node; and sourcing or sinking additional current, into or out of the first node, in response to the rate of change of voltage of the first node in order to settle the voltage on the distributed impedance line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Robert J. Bowman, Chris J. Nassar
  • Publication number: 20100201671
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for producing a remote current for driving a load, comprising: producing a local current, Iref; amplifying the local current Iref by a value of K to produce a local current K Iref; mirroring the local current K Iref to another location; producing a remote current K Iref in response to the mirroring of the local current K Iref; and dividing the remote current K Iref by a matched value of K to produce a remote current Iref for driving the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Robert J. Bowman, Chris J. Nassar, Carlo Anthony Kosik Williams