Patents by Inventor Eric Beljaars

Eric Beljaars 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 apparatus to dynamically limit current
    Patent number: 11493976
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to allow dynamic changing between current limiting methods. A power delivery controller comprising: a power control device; a first current control device, the first current control device to control the power control device when a current level associated with a current flowing between a first device and a second device exceeds a first adjustable current threshold value; a second current control device to control the power control device when the current level exceeds a second adjustable current threshold value; and a configuration manager to, during runtime, set a first configuration setting of the first current control device and a second configuration setting of the second current control device, the first configuration setting and second configuration setting based on a negotiated contract corresponding to the first device and the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael James Mills, Mohammad Atiqur Rahman, Eric Beljaars, Nagesh Narayana Swamy
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DYNAMICALLY LIMIT CURRENT
    Publication number: 20200310512
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to allow dynamic changing between current limiting methods. A power delivery controller comprising: a power control device; a first current control device, the first current control device to control the power control device when a current level associated with a current flowing between a first device and a second device exceeds a first adjustable current threshold value; a second current control device to control the power control device when the current level exceeds a second adjustable current threshold value; and a configuration manager to, during runtime, set a first configuration setting of the first current control device and a second configuration setting of the second current control device, the first configuration setting and second configuration setting based on a negotiated contract corresponding to the first device and the second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Michael James Mills, Mohammad Atiqur Rahman, Eric Beljaars, Nagesh Narayana Swamy