Patents by Inventor Geron Mark Johnston

Geron Mark Johnston 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).

  • DC-to-DC converter
    Patent number: 6025705
    Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a circuit includes a DC-to-DC converter. The DC-to-DC converter includes a high-side field effect transistor (FET) and FET driver. The gate of the high-side FET is AC coupled to the FET driver. The gate-to-source electrical path of the high-side FET is coupled to be driven by a substantially fixed voltage during circuit operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Donald J. Nguyen, Geron Mark Johnston, Robert D. Wickersham
  • Power distribution system for electronic devices
    Patent number: 5952733
    Abstract: A power distribution system in which a plurality of power supplies generate power of one or more regulated voltages, each voltage being received by regulator circuit that compares the regulated voltage against a predetermined reference voltage level and generates a digital control signal therefrom. Each power supply increases the regulated voltage when the respective control signal indicates that the regulated voltage is less than an optimum level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Geron Mark Johnston