Patents by Inventor Frans Bontekoe

Frans Bontekoe 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).

  • Interface for communication between voltage domains
    Patent number: 8818265
    Abstract: One or more embodiments provide circuitry for isolation and communication of signals between circuits operating in different voltage domains using capacitive coupling. The embodiments utilize capacitive structures having increased breakdown voltage in comparison to previous parallel plate implementations. The capacitive isolation is provided by parallel plate capacitive structures, each implemented to have parallel plates of different horizontal sizes. Due to the difference in horizontal size, edges of the parallel plates, where electric fields are the strongest, are laterally offset from the region where the parallel plates overlap. As a result, breakdown voltage between the parallel plates is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Peter Gerard Steeneken, Maarten Jacobus Swanenberg, Henk Boezen, Gerhard Koops, Frans Bontekoe, Reinout Woltjer
  • INTERFACE FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN VOLTAGE DOMAINS
    Publication number: 20130281033
    Abstract: One or more embodiments provide circuitry for isolation and communication of signals between circuits operating in different voltage domains using capacitive coupling. The embodiments utilize capacitive structures having increased breakdown voltage in comparison to previous parallel plate implementations. The capacitive isolation is provided by parallel plate capacitive structures, each implemented to have parallel plates of different horizontal sizes. Due to the difference in horizontal size, edges of the parallel plates, where electric fields are the strongest, are laterally offset from the region where the parallel plates overlap. As a result, breakdown voltage between the parallel plates is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Peter Gerard Steeneken, Maarten Jacobus Swanenberg, Henk Boezen, Gerhard Koops, Frans Bontekoe, Reinout Woltjer