Patents by Inventor Hakan A. Gurcan

Hakan A. Gurcan 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: 5247581
    Abstract: An invention, which is fabricated using a Bipolar and Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (BICMOS) technology which offers both bipolar and CMOS devices on the same silicon substrate is disclosed. The major part of the internal circuitry uses bipolar devices while the output circuit driving the transducer at the output uses CMOS inverters. A voltage regulator which is fed from the battery lines is used to power the majority of the internal circuitry leaving only the CMOS output driver and part of a level converter to be powered directly from the battery lines. This architecture guarantees that no signal is fed back to the previous stages of the hearing aid system through the battery lines, ensuring stable operation for an extended range of the battery internal impedance value. The bipolar front-end blocks of the circuit are designed using low-voltage bipolar design techniques to operate at the 1 volt level produced by the internal voltage regulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1993
    Assignee: Exar Corporation
    Inventor: Hakan A. Gurcan