Patents by Inventor Erick Torres

Erick Torres 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).

  • Circuit and method for interfacing universal serial bus
    Patent number: 10324877
    Abstract: USB controllers, systems and methods are presented to conserve power in a USB controller, in which a transmitter transmits data to a line of a connected USB cable according to a transmit data signal, and a pull down circuit selectively sinks current from a supply node of the transmitter when the transmit data signal is in a first state, refrains from sinking the first current from the supply node when the transmit data signal is in a different second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Hassan Pooya Forghani-Zadeh, Byungchul Jang, Erick Torres, Timothy Bryan Merkin
  • CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR INTERFACING UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS
    Publication number: 20160188514
    Abstract: USB controllers, systems and methods are presented to conserve power in a USB controller, in which a transmitter transmits data to a line of a connected USB cable according to a transmit data signal, and a pull down circuit selectively sinks current from a supply node of the transmitter when the transmit data signal is in a first state, refrains from sinking the first current from the supply node when the transmit data signal is in a different second state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Hassan Pooya Forghani-Zadeh, Byungchul Jang, Erick Torres, Timothy Bryan Merkin