Patents by Inventor Christopher R. McMillan

Christopher R. McMillan 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).

  • Managing heat dissipation while testing a power device
    Patent number: 8375230
    Abstract: According to certain embodiments, an apparatus comprises port interfaces, charge storage devices, and a charge combiner coupled to a circuit board. Each charge storage device is associated with a port interface. Each port interface receives a current of charge from a device under test and pumps the charge to an associated charge storage device at a predetermined rate. Each charge storage device stores the charge from an associated port interface. The charge combiner combines the charge from the charge storage devices to yield a combined charge and feeds the combined charge to an output regulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher R. McMillan, Darren K. Hopcroft, Anoop Vetteth, Sandeep A. Patel, Francois J. Gautier-Le Boulch
  • Managing Heat Dissipation While Testing A Power Device
    Publication number: 20110285450
    Abstract: According to certain embodiments, an apparatus comprises port interfaces, charge storage devices, and a charge combiner coupled to a circuit board. Each charge storage device is associated with a port interface. Each port interface receives a current of charge from a device under test and pumps the charge to an associated charge storage device at a predetermined rate. Each charge storage device stores the charge from an associated port interface. The charge combiner combines the charge from the charge storage devices to yield a combined charge and feeds the combined charge to an output regulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher R. McMillan, Darren K. Hopcroft, Anoop Vetteth, Sandeep A. Patel, Francois J. Gautier-Le Boulch