Patents by Inventor Eric Taistra

Eric Taistra 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).

  • Method For Switching Power Transistors
    Publication number: 20230261648
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for switching power transistors in a power transistor circuit. The power transistors each have a gate, which is driven sequentially by at least three control values in the case of a switch-on sequence and/or a switch-off sequence. A switchover occurs between the control values at specific times. The specific times are determined or modified by a controller, which is driven by a Miller plateau detector for detecting a Miller plateau in a gate-source voltage of the respective power transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: Vitesco Technologies Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Istvan Loerincz, Diego Antongirolami, Marc Arabackyj, Matthias Maser, Eric Taistra, Sahaya Kulandai Raj Joseph
  • Method and circuit arrangement for actuating a semiconductor switch
    Patent number: 9559666
    Abstract: A method for actuating a controllable semiconductor switch by switching the switch on an off in phases in a controlled manner using a control signal is disclosed. The method includes starting a time measurement at the beginning of at least one phase of the phase-wise on-and-off switching procedure to ascertain a time duration, wherein the time measurement is continued until a phase following the at least one phase of the phase-wise on-and-off switching procedure begins. The ascertained time duration is compared with a specified maximal time duration. If the ascertained time duration exceeds the specified maximal time duration, the semiconductor switch is actuated such that the semiconductor switch is switched into a specified operating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: CONTI TEMIC MICROELECTRONIC GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Hornstein, Ulrich Bley, Kai Kuehnen, Eric Taistra
  • Method and Circuit Arrangement for Actuating a Semiconductor Switch
    Publication number: 20150222250
    Abstract: A method for actuating a controllable semiconductor switch by switching the switch on an off in phases in a controlled manner using a control signal is disclosed. The method includes starting a time measurement at the beginning of at least one phase of the phase-wise on-and-off switching procedure to ascertain a time duration, wherein the time measurement is continued until a phase following the at least one phase of the phase-wise on-and-off switching procedure begins. The ascertained time duration is compared with a specified maximal time duration. If the ascertained time duration exceeds the specified maximal time duration, the semiconductor switch is actuated such that the semiconductor switch is switched into a specified operating state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Hornstein, Ulrich Bley, Kai Kuehnen, Eric Taistra