Patents by Inventor Eric RUDEEN

Eric RUDEEN 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).

  • Voltage protection circuit
    Patent number: 10630072
    Abstract: A voltage protection circuit, comprising a first metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) having a gate terminal coupled to a first node, a source terminal coupled to a second node, and a drain terminal coupled to a third node, a second MOSFET having a gate terminal coupled to the first node, a source terminal coupled to the second node, and a drain terminal coupled to a fourth node, a first current mirror coupled to the third node and configured to couple to a fifth node, a sixth node, and a regulator supply, and a second current mirror coupled to the fourth node, and configured to couple to the fifth node, the sixth node, and a ground node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Vishnu Ravinuthula, Simon Bevan Churchill, Mark Allen Hamlett, Eric Rudeen
  • VOLTAGE PROTECTION CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20190207384
    Abstract: A voltage protection circuit, comprising a first metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) having a gate terminal coupled to a first node, a source terminal coupled to a second node, and a drain terminal coupled to a third node, a second MOSFET having a gate terminal coupled to the first node, a source terminal coupled to the second node, and a drain terminal coupled to a fourth node, a first current mirror coupled to the third node and configured to couple to a fifth node, a sixth node, and a regulator supply, and a second current mirror coupled to the fourth node, and configured to couple to the fifth node, the sixth node, and a ground node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Vishnu RAVINUTHULA, Simon Bevan CHURCHILL, Mark Allen HAMLETT, Eric RUDEEN