Patents by Inventor Edward Lee

Edward Lee 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: 12658915
    Abstract: A bidirectional GaN FET with a single gate formed by integrating a single-gate bidirectional GaN FET in parallel with a bidirectional device formed of two back-to-back GaN FETs with a common source. The single-gate bidirectional GaN FET occupies most of the integrated circuit die, such that the integrated device has a low channel resistance, while also capturing the advantages of a back-to-back bidirectional GaN FET device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Efficient Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: Wen-Chia Liao, Jianjun Cao, Robert Beach, Zhikai Tang, Edward Lee
  • Patent number: 12639459
    Abstract: Systems and methods for selectively updating permissions associated with a cloud resource deployment are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a first request to deploy first target cloud resources based on a first specified state defined in a configuration repository, selectively updating deployment permissions associated with the first specified state and deploying the first target cloud resources based at least in part on the first specified state and the updated deployment permissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas C. Bishop, Brett Weaver, Jerome M. Kuptz, Paul Clata, Edward Lee
  • Publication number: 20260078990
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for controlling aerodynamic loads on an aerostructure. The present disclosure can include a system including an outer shell, the outer shell including at least one aperture, and an inner shell having an aperture therethrough. The at least one aperture of the outer shell can be part of an array of apertures azimuthally distributed on the outer shell. The system can further include an actuator configured to control a rotational alignment of one of the inner shell and the outer shell to alter aerodynamic bleed through a portion of the at least one aperture of the outer shell. The actuator can be configured alter the rotational alignment of the inner shell and the outer shell based at least in part on a desired steering direction of the aerostructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2024
    Publication date: March 19, 2026
    Inventors: Ari Glezer, Bojan Vukasinovic, Edward Lee
  • Publication number: 20260066891
    Abstract: A power supply switch for a gallium nitride integrated circuit. The switch includes two or more parallel n-channel transistor switches (FETs). The FETs are controlled by AC gate waveforms of different phases. The use of multiple AC-controlled FETs allows effective DC operation of a bootstrap inverter circuit without requiring a second DC supply voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2025
    Publication date: March 5, 2026
    Applicant: Efficient Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Chapman, Edward Lee, John Glaser, Ravi Ananth
  • Publication number: 20260034062
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to pharmaceutical suspensions of triamcinolone acetonide, methods of producing such suspensions and methods of using of such suspensions. The pharmaceutical suspensions of the present disclosure are stable and suitable for administration by suprachoroidal injection through a 30-gauge microneedle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2025
    Publication date: February 5, 2026
    Inventors: Thai Q. NGUYEN, Brian BURKE, Edward LEE, Rafael Victor ANDINO
  • Publication number: 20260007815
    Abstract: Systems and methods for treating a tissue site are described. The system includes an instillation source configured to provide instillation solution to the tissue site, and a negative-pressure source configured to draw fluid from the tissue site to develop a negative pressure at the tissue site. The system also includes a controller communicatively coupled to the instillation source and the negative-pressure source. The controller is configured to actuate the instillation source and actuate the negative-pressure source. The system also includes a sensor communicatively coupled to the controller and operatively coupled to the instillation source and the negative-pressure source. The sensor is configured to generate a signal indicative of an amount of fluid delivered to the tissue site and an amount of fluid recovered from the tissue site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: January 8, 2026
    Inventors: Brett L. MOORE, Elizabeth TRIMBLE, Jordan TRAXLER, Shannon C. INGRAM, Edward LEE
  • Patent number: 12463634
    Abstract: A circuit for synchronizing the turn-on/turn-off times of parallel FETs. The circuit includes a plurality of integrated circuits and a synchronizer. Each of the integrated circuits includes a power FET which operates in parallel with the power FETs of the other integrated circuits, and a phase detector. The phase detector receives and compares the phase output signal of the integrated circuit with the phase output signal of another integrated circuit, and provides signals to the synchronizer regarding the relative turn-on times of the power FETs based upon the phase output signals. The synchronizer, in response to the signals from each of the integrated circuits, reduces or increases the turn-on times of the power FETs, thereby synchronizing the turn-on times of the power FETs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: Efficient Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: Edward Lee, Ravi Ananth, Michael Chapman, Marco Palma, Michael A. de Rooij
  • Patent number: 12463632
    Abstract: An integrated gate overvoltage protection circuit for protecting the gate of a main field effect transistor (FET). The gate protection circuit includes a blocking FET and a discharge FET connected between the gate and the drain of the main FET. The gate overvoltage protection circuit is configured to turn on both the first FET and the second FET in the event of a fault condition, such that charge from the gate of the main FET is discharged through the first FET and the second FET to the drain of the main FET, thereby protecting the gate of the main FET.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: Efficient Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: Zhikai Tang, Edward Lee, Jianjun Cao
  • Patent number: 12431874
    Abstract: A single-ended or differential level-shifting interface for GaN ICs that allows GaN ICs to be controlled with standard low-voltage CMOS level inputs. The logic level shift circuit is based on a resistive network is therefore insensitive to process and temperature variations, making it particularly well suited for implementation in a GaN IC. The resistive network for a single-ended input signal includes a first branch with a voltage divider connected to the input signal. The voltage divider of the first branch provides a level shifted and scaled input signal to the first input of a comparator at the optimal bias point of the comparator. The resistive network also includes a second voltage divider branch with hysteresis for providing a trip voltage to the second input to the comparator, also at the optimal bias point of the comparator. The comparator outputs complementary bipolar level shifted signals corresponding to the input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2025
    Assignee: Efficient Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: Ravi Ananth, Edward Lee, Michael Chapman
  • Patent number: 12419833
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to pharmaceutical suspensions of triamcinolone acetonide, methods of producing such suspensions and methods of using of such suspensions. The pharmaceutical suspensions of the present disclosure are stable and suitable for administration by suprachoroidal injection through a 30-gauge microneedle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2025
    Assignee: CLEARSIDE BIOMEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Thai Q Nguyen, Brian Burke, Edward Lee, Rafael Victor Andino
  • Patent number: 12355435
    Abstract: A gate driver circuit which integrates a synchronous bootstrap circuit in an isolation well of an integrated circuit, such that the synchronous bootstrap capacitor connected to the synchronous bootstrap circuit (and to the corresponding switch node of a power converter) can float with the corresponding switch node. Due to this feature, the voltage on one synchronous bootstrapping capacitor can be used to charge the synchronous bootstrapping capacitor of another (higher level) synchronous bootstrap circuit in a separate isolation well connected to a different switch node. As a result, the supply voltages for the synchronous bootstrap circuits in different isolation wells can all be supplied from a single ground referenced supply Vdd.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Efficient Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: Edward Lee, Ravi Ananth, Michael Chapman, Michael A. de Rooij, David C. Tam
  • Publication number: 20250038987
    Abstract: Example embodiments of systems and methods for application verification are provided. An application may generate a cryptographic key, and encrypt the cryptographic key with a predefined public key. A server, in data communication with the application, may include a predefined private key. The application may transmit the cryptographic key to the server. The server may receive, from the application, the cryptographic key; decrypt the cryptographic key using the predefined private key; encrypt an authorization token using the decrypted key; and transmit, to the client application, the authorization token via an out-of-band channel. The application may receive, from the server, the authorization token via the out-of-band channel; and decrypt the authorization token to obtain access to one or more services associated with the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Panayiotis VARVAREZIS, Mausam GAUTAM, Reza JABERI, Edward LEE, Chad LANDIS
  • Patent number: 12206391
    Abstract: A bootstrapping gate driver circuit in which the size of the bootstrap capacitors is reduced. The gate-to-source voltage of the high side (pull-up) FET is pre-driven to an initial voltage (pre-driven voltage) before the bootstrap capacitor releases charge to charge up the gate-to-source voltage of the high side FET. This pre-driven voltage is applied through a pre-driven FET that allows current flow from the supply voltage to charge the gate of the high side FET to the pre-driven voltage. The pre-driven FET is turned on by a turn-on signal that occurs before the bootstrap capacitor releases charge. The pre-driven period (and hence, the pre-driven voltage) is determined from the time that the pre-driven FET begins to turn on, to the time that the bootstrap capacitor starts to release charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Efficient Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: Edward Lee, Ravi Ananth, Michael Chapman
  • Patent number: 12149627
    Abstract: Example embodiments of systems and methods for application verification are provided. An application may generate a cryptographic key, and encrypt the cryptographic key with a predefined public key. A server, in data communication with the application, may include a predefined private key. The application may transmit the cryptographic key to the server. The server may receive, from the application, the cryptographic key; decrypt the cryptographic key using the predefined private key; encrypt an authorization token using the decrypted key; and transmit, to the client application, the authorization token via an out-of-band channel. The application may receive, from the server, the authorization token via the out-of-band channel; and decrypt the authorization token to obtain access to one or more services associated with the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Panayiotis Varvarezis, Mausam Gautam, Reza Jaberi, Edward Lee, Chad Landis
  • Patent number: 12149232
    Abstract: A bootstrapping circuit that utilizes multiple pre-charged capacitor voltages and applies the capacitor voltages to the high side FET of a GaN bootstrapping driver. During the pre-charging phase of the bootstrapping driver, multiple capacitors are charged in parallel to the supply voltage. During the driving phase of the bootstrapping driver, the capacitors are connected in series through a number of FETs and connected to the gate terminal of the high side FET of the bootstrapping driver. As a result, the gate-to-source voltage of the high side FET is equal to or greater than the supply voltage during the driving phase, increasing the driving capability of the high side FET and reducing the total required capacitance and die area of the bootstrapping driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Efficient Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: Edward Lee, Michael Chapman, Ravi Ananth
  • Publication number: 20240372543
    Abstract: A power supply switch for a gallium nitride integrated circuit. The switch includes two or more parallel n-channel transistor switches (FETs). The FETs are controlled by AC gate waveforms of different phases. The use of multiple AC-controlled FETs allows effective DC operation of a supply switch without requiring a second DC supply voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: Efficient Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Chapman, Edward Lee, John Glaser, Ravi Ananth
  • Publication number: 20240372545
    Abstract: A circuit for synchronizing the turn-on/turn-off times of parallel FETs. The circuit includes a plurality of integrated circuits and a synchronizer. Each of the integrated circuits includes a power FET which operates in parallel with the power FETs of the other integrated circuits, and a phase detector. The phase detector receives and compares the phase output signal of the integrated circuit with the phase output signal of another integrated circuit, and provides signals to the synchronizer regarding the relative turn-on times of the power FETs based upon the phase output signals. The synchronizer, in response to the signals from each of the integrated circuits, reduces or increases the turn-on times of the power FETs, thereby synchronizing the turn-on times of the power FETs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: Efficient Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: Edward Lee, Ravi Ananth, Michael Chapman, Marco Palma, Michael A. de Rooij
  • Patent number: D1062153
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Inventor: Edward Lee
  • Patent number: D1068560
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Inventor: Edward Lee
  • Patent number: D1126443
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Alpha Motor Corporation
    Inventor: Edward Lee