Patents by Inventor Ernest Graetz

Ernest Graetz 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: 7453303
    Abstract: A DC-to-DC converter comprises a converter section and a controller section. The converter section comprises a primary section and a secondary section. The primary and secondary section includes MOSFET switches. The controller section is coupled to the converter section and comprises a pulse width modulation (PWM) section and a delay section. The PWM section comprises an error amplifier configured to generate an error signal representative of a variance between an output voltage of the converter section and a reference voltage and a PWM configured to produce a PWM signal based on the error signal. The delay section comprises of delay circuits configured to generate delayed output signals from the PWM signal and power switching device drivers coupled to the delay circuits and configured to receive the delay output signals and generate a controlled signals to control the on/off state of the MOSFET switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: George L. Cebry, Ernest Graetz, Robert E. Johnson, Robert E. Tomlinson
  • Publication number: 20070153553
    Abstract: A DC-to-DC converter comprises a converter section and a controller section. The converter section comprises a primary section and a secondary section. The primary and secondary section includes MOSFET switches. The controller section is coupled to the converter section and comprises a pulse width modulation (PWM) section and a delay section. The PWM section comprises an error amplifier configured to generate an error signal representative of a variance between an output voltage of the converter section and a reference voltage and a PWM configured to produce a PWM signal based on the error signal. The delay section comprises of delay circuits configured to generate delayed output signals from the PWM signal and power switching device drivers coupled to the delay circuits and configured to receive the delay output signals and generate a controlled signals to control the on/off state of the MOSFET switches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: George Cebry, Ernest Graetz, Robert Johnson, Robert Tomlinson
  • Patent number: 7161409
    Abstract: A voltage reference circuit receives an input voltage through a first port and a time varying input signal through a second port. The voltage reference circuit includes a switching circuit that is responsive to the first and the second ports and that generates an AC signal from the input voltage. The voltage reference circuit further includes a voltage multiplier circuit, coupled to the switching circuit that receives the AC signal and creates a DC signal with a selected voltage level. The voltage reference circuit further includes a voltage regulator, coupled to the voltage multiplier circuit that regulates the DC signal from the voltage multiplier circuit. A regulated output voltage is provided through an output port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Inventors: Douglas A. Scratchley, Quan T. Nguyen, Ernest Graetz
  • Publication number: 20060017492
    Abstract: A voltage reference circuit receives an input voltage through a first port and a time varying input signal through a second port. The voltage reference circuit includes a switching circuit that is responsive to the first and the second ports and that generates an AC signal from the input voltage. The voltage reference circuit further includes a voltage multiplier circuit, coupled to switching circuit that receives the AC signal and creates a DC signal with a selected voltage level. The voltage reference circuit further includes a voltage regulator, coupled to the voltage multiplier circuit that regulates the DC signal from the voltage multiplier circuit. An output voltage is provided through an output port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2004
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: Douglas Scratchley, Quan Nguyen, Ernest Graetz