Patents by Inventor Eric Jerome King

Eric Jerome King 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: 9655202
    Abstract: A system and method for providing compatibility between a load and a secondary winding of a magnetic transformer driven at its primary winding by a trailing-edge dimmer may include determining from a magnetic transformer secondary signal a period of a half-line cycle of an output signal of the dimmer, determining from the magnetic transformer secondary signal an estimated occurrence of an end of a phase-cut angle of the dimmer, and generating a driving signal to the load based on the period and the estimated occurrence of the end of the phase-cut angle. A lamp assembly may include a lamp for generating light and a controller for controlling operation of the lamp, the controller comprising a timing control circuit for determining a period of a periodic signal received by the lamp assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Yanhui Xie, Eric Jerome King, John L. Melanson
  • Patent number: 9273858
    Abstract: Methods and systems to provide compatibility between a load and a secondary winding of an electronic transformer driven by a leading-edge dimmer may include: (a) responsive to determining that energy is available from the electronic transformer, drawing a requested amount of power from the electronic transformer thus transferring energy from the electronic transformer to an energy storage device in accordance with the requested amount of power; and (b) transferring energy from the energy storage device to the load at a rate such that a voltage of the energy storage device is regulated within a predetermined voltage range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Phillips International, B.V.
    Inventors: Eric Jerome King, Daniel J. Baker, John L. Melanson
  • Patent number: 9215765
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a system and method for providing compatibility between a load having a reactive impedance during steady-state operation and a secondary winding of an electronic transformer driven by a leading-edge dimmer may include a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may cause the load to have a substantially non-reactive impedance when the first circuit is enabled. The second circuit may enable the first circuit to cause the load to have the substantially non-reactive impedance during a duration of time following start-up of the electronic transformer and disable the first circuit after the duration such that the load has the reactive impedance during steady-state operation of the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Philips International, B.V.
    Inventors: Wesley L. Mokry, Michael A. Kost, Eric Jerome King
  • Patent number: 9167664
    Abstract: In accordance with these and other embodiments of the present disclosure, a system and method for providing compatibility between a load and a secondary winding of an electronic transformer driven by a trailing-edge dimmer may include predicting based on an electronic transformer secondary signal an estimated occurrence of a high-resistance state of the trailing-edge dimmer, wherein the high-resistance state occurs when the trailing-edge dimmer begins phase-cutting an alternating current voltage signal and operating the load in a high-current mode for a period of time immediately prior to the estimated occurrence of the high-resistance state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Yanhui Xie, Eric Jerome King, John L. Melanson, Michael A. Kost
  • Patent number: 9072125
    Abstract: An apparatus may include a controller to provide compatibility between a load and a secondary winding of a transformer driven at its primary winding by a dimmer, wherein the controller is configured to: determine from a transformer secondary signal whether the transformer comprises a magnetic transformer or an electronic transformer; and select a compatibility mode of operation from a plurality of modes of operation based on the determination of whether the transformer comprises a magnetic transformer or an electronic transformer. A method for providing compatibility between a load and a secondary winding of a transformer driven at its primary winding by a dimmer may include determining from a transformer secondary signal whether the transformer comprises a magnetic transformer or an electronic transformer and selecting a compatibility mode of operation from a plurality of modes of operation based on the determination of whether the transformer comprises a magnetic transformer or an electronic transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Jerome King, John L. Melanson
  • Publication number: 20140009079
    Abstract: A system and method for providing compatibility between a load and a secondary winding of a magnetic transformer driven at its primary winding by a trailing-edge dimmer may include determining from a magnetic transformer secondary signal a period of a half-line cycle of an output signal of the dimmer, determining from the magnetic transformer secondary signal an estimated occurrence of an end of a phase-cut angle of the dimmer, and generating a driving signal to the load based on the period and the estimated occurrence of the end of the phase-cut angle. A lamp assembly may include a lamp for generating light and a controller for controlling operation of the lamp, the controller comprising a timing control circuit for determining a period of a periodic signal received by the lamp assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: CIRRUS LOGIC, INC.
    Inventors: Yanhui Xie, Eric Jerome King, John L. Melanson
  • Publication number: 20140009082
    Abstract: An apparatus may include a controller to provide compatibility between a load and a secondary winding of a transformer driven at its primary winding by a dimmer, wherein the controller is configured to: determine from a transformer secondary signal whether the transformer comprises a magnetic transformer or an electronic transformer; and select a compatibility mode of operation from a plurality of modes of operation based on the determination of whether the transformer comprises a magnetic transformer or an electronic transformer. A method for providing compatibility between a load and a secondary winding of a transformer driven at its primary winding by a dimmer may include determining from a transformer secondary signal whether the transformer comprises a magnetic transformer or an electronic transformer and selecting a compatibility mode of operation from a plurality of modes of operation based on the determination of whether the transformer comprises a magnetic transformer or an electronic transformer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: CIRRUS LOGIC, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Jerome King, John L. Melanson
  • Publication number: 20140009078
    Abstract: In accordance with these and other embodiments of the present disclosure, a system and method for providing compatibility between a load and a secondary winding of an electronic transformer driven by a trailing-edge dimmer may include predicting based on an electronic transformer secondary signal an estimated occurrence of a high-resistance state of the trailing-edge dimmer, wherein the high-resistance state occurs when the trailing-edge dimmer begins phase-cutting an alternating current voltage signal and operating the load in a high-current mode for a period of time immediately prior to the estimated occurrence of the high-resistance state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Yanhui Xie, Eric Jerome King, John L. Melanson, Michael A. Kost
  • Patent number: 6304751
    Abstract: Imager rejection circuitry includes a first digital path including a finite impulse response filter 202 having a variable gain stage 204 operable to apply a gain to a first digital signal in response to a coefficient selected from a coefficient table 206 and an adder 205 for summing the first digital signal to the output of the variable gain stage 205 to produce a corrected first digital signal. A second digital path processes a second digital signal and error calculation circuitry 207 determines an error between the first and second signals for selecting a coefficient from the coefficient table 206.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Jerome King