Patents by Inventor Jeffrey L. Dann

Jeffrey L. Dann 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).

  • Soft switching synchronous quasi resonant converter
    Patent number: 9882497
    Abstract: A switching circuit including a transformer having a primary and a secondary side; a first MOSFET switch coupled with the primary side; a primary current sensing device; a second MOSFET switch coupled with the secondary side; a secondary current sensing device; and a control circuit for driving the first and second MOSFET switches, wherein first and second switch are complementarily driven and wherein switching of the first and second MOSFET switches is controlled by the primary and secondary current sensing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Terry L. Cleveland, Jeffrey L. Dann, Scott Dearborn
  • Soft Switching Synchronous Quasi Resonant Converter
    Publication number: 20140092646
    Abstract: A switching circuit including a transformer having a primary and a secondary side; a first MOSFET switch coupled with the primary side; a primary current sensing device; a second MOSFET switch coupled with the secondary side; a secondary current sensing device; and a control circuit for driving the first and second MOSFET switches, wherein first and second switch are complementarily driven and wherein switching of the first and second MOSFET switches is controlled by the primary and secondary current sensing devices
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Terry L. Cleveland, Jeffrey L. Dann, Scott Dearborn