Patents by Inventor Daniel John Martin

Daniel John Martin 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: 11960092
    Abstract: A light source or projector for a near-eye display includes a light source subassembly optically coupled to a waveguide concentrator. The light source subassembly may include several semiconductor chips each hosting an array of emitters such s superluminescent light-emitting diodes. The semiconductor chips may be disposed side-by-side, with their emitting sides or facets coupled to the waveguide concentrator, which provides a tight array of output light ports on a common output plane of the concentrator. The output diverging beams at the array of output light ports are coupled to a collimator, which collimates the beams and couples them to an angular scanner for scanning the collimated light beams together across the field of view of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Guenther Greif, Scott Charles McEldowney, Stephen John Holmes, Chadwick Brian Martin, Stephen James McNally, John Goward
  • Patent number: 11936368
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a power module with a power path extending through a first field-effect transistor (FET) and a second FET. A primary conductive structure connecting the first FET and the second FET in series provides a primary parasitic inductor within the power path. A first secondary conductive structure connected to both a gate and a source of the first FET provides a first secondary parasitic inductor within a first gate path, and a second secondary conductive structure connected to both a gate and a source of the second FET provides a second secondary parasitic inductor within a second gate path. The first secondary conductive structure and the second secondary conductive structure are configured such that mutual coupling between the first secondary parasitic inductor and the primary parasitic inductor and mutual coupling between the second secondary parasitic inductor and the primary parasitic inductor are substantially symmetrical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: WOLFSPEED, INC.
    Inventors: Blake Whitmore Nelson, Brian DeBoi, Daniel John Martin
  • Publication number: 20230421145
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a power module with a power path extending through a first field-effect transistor (FET) and a second FET. A primary conductive structure connecting the first FET and the second FET in series provides a primary parasitic inductor within the power path. A first secondary conductive structure connected to both a gate and a source of the first FET provides a first secondary parasitic inductor within a first gate path, and a second secondary conductive structure connected to both a gate and a source of the second FET provides a second secondary parasitic inductor within a second gate path. The first secondary conductive structure and the second secondary conductive structure are configured such that mutual coupling between the first secondary parasitic inductor and the primary parasitic inductor and mutual coupling between the second secondary parasitic inductor and the primary parasitic inductor are substantially symmetrical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Blake Whitmore Nelson, Brian DeBoi, Daniel John Martin
  • Publication number: 20230361089
    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: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel John MARTIN, William CURBOW
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20230170306
    Abstract: A power module includes a power substrate, a number of power semiconductor die, and a number of connector pins. The power substrate includes a number of conductive traces. The power semiconductor die are mounted on the power substrate and electrically coupled to the conductive traces. The connector pins are each electrically coupled to a different one of the conductive traces and configured to be interconnected such that the power semiconductor die provide an active front-end and a switching power converter. By providing the power semiconductor die such that they can be interconnected to form an active front-end and a switching power converter in the same power module, the power module may provide a significantly more compact power converter system using both an active front-end and switching power converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel John Martin, Brett Edward Sparkman, Ty McNutt, Paul Wheeler
  • Patent number: 11569174
    Abstract: A power module includes a power substrate, a number of power semiconductor die, and a number of connector pins. The power substrate includes a number of conductive traces. The power semiconductor die are mounted on the power substrate and electrically coupled to the conductive traces. The connector pins are each electrically coupled to a different one of the conductive traces and configured to be interconnected such that the power semiconductor die provide an active front-end and a switching power converter. By providing the power semiconductor die such that they can be interconnected to form an active front-end and a switching power converter in the same power module, the power module may provide a significantly more compact power converter system using both an active front-end and switching power converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: WOLFSPEED, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel John Martin, Brett Edward Sparkman, Ty McNutt, Paul Wheeler
  • Publication number: 20220262735
    Abstract: A power module includes a power substrate, a number of power semiconductor die, and a number of connector pins. The power substrate includes a number of conductive traces. The power semiconductor die are mounted on the power substrate and electrically coupled to the conductive traces. The connector pins are each electrically coupled to a different one of the conductive traces and configured to be interconnected such that the power semiconductor die provide an active front-end and a switching power converter. By providing the power semiconductor die such that they can be interconnected to form an active front-end and a switching power converter in the same power module, the power module may provide a significantly more compact power converter system using both an active front-end and switching power converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel John Martin, Brett Edward Sparkman, Ty McNutt, Paul Wheeler
  • 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