Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Peter

Jeffrey Peter 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).

  • Publication number: 20250151431
    Abstract: Implementations of semiconductor packages may include: a digital signal processor having a first side and a second side and an image sensor array, having a first side and a second side. The first side of the image sensor array may be coupled to the second side of the digital signal processor through a plurality of hybrid bond interconnect (HBI) bond pads and an edge seal. One or more openings may extend from the second side of the image sensor array into the second side of the digital signal processor to an etch stop layer in the second side of the digital signal processor. The one or more openings may form a second edge seal between the plurality of HBI bond pads and the edge of the digital signal processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Peter GAMBINO, Kyle THOMAS, David T. PRICE, Rusty WINZENREAD, Bruce Blair GREENWOOD
  • Publication number: 20250125284
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a first chip with a first wafer and a first dielectric layer, and a second chip that includes a second wafer and a second dielectric layer, the second chip having a backside surface and a frontside surface opposed to the backside surface and bonded to the first chip at the frontside surface to define a bond line between the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer. The semiconductor device may include a die seal layer on the backside surface having a die seal ground contact in contact with the second wafer, and an electrostatic discharge path that includes the die seal layer, the die seal ground contact, a first die seal in the first dielectric layer, a second die seal in the second dielectric layer, and a hybrid bond connecting the first die seal and the second die seal through the bond line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Peter GAMBINO, David T. PRICE, Marc Allen SULFRIDGE, Richard MAURITZSON, James Joseph STEFFES
  • Patent number: 12268812
    Abstract: A control system provides automated control of gas washout of a patient interface, such as a mask or nasal prongs. A gas washout vent assembly of the system may include a variable exhaust area such as one defined by overlapping apertures of the assembly or a conduit having a variable gas passage channel. The vent assembly may be formed by nested structures, such as conic or cylindrical members, each having an opening of the overlapping apertures. The vent assembly may be attached substantially near or included with the patient interface. An actuator of the assembly, such as a solenoid or voice coil, manipulates an aperture of the vent assembly. The actuator may be configured for control by a controller to change the exhaust area of the vent assembly based on various methodologies including, for example, sleep detection, disordered breathing event detection, rebreathing volume calculation and/or leak detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: ResMed Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Roger Mervyn Lloyd Foote, Ronald James Huby, Muditha Pradeep Dantanarayana, Damien Julian Mazzone, Dion Charles Chewe Martin, Jeffrey Peter Armitstead, Justin John Formica, Zhuo Ran Tang, Lance Steven Cohen, James William Charles Vandyke, David Brent Sears, Aleksandr S. Nagorny, Joseph M. Sampietro, Steven Paul Farrugia
  • Publication number: 20250108928
    Abstract: A ice protection system for a truss-braced wing of an aircraft is disclosed. The system includes a wing, a support strut, a joint coupling the support strut to the wing to form a structural truss of the truss-braced wing, a magnetic susceptor disposed on or within the joint, and an induction heating coil disposed on or within the truss-braced wing. The induction heating coil is configured to generate eddy currents inside the magnetic susceptor based on being driven with an alternating current (AC) excitation current. The eddy currents circulate through the magnetic susceptor causing joule heating of the magnetic susceptor to inhibit ice accumulation on the joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Vyacheslav Khozikov, John R. Hull, Jeffrey Peter Baucum
  • Publication number: 20250065062
    Abstract: Automated methods provide leak detection that may be implemented in a respiratory treatment apparatus. In some embodiments, the detection apparatus may automatically determine and score different types of leak events during a treatment session, including, for example, continuous mouth leak events and valve-like mouth leak events. The detection methodologies may be implemented as a data analysis of a specific purpose computer or a detection device that measures a respiratory airflow or a respiratory treatment apparatus that provides a respiratory treatment regime based on the detected leak. In some embodiments, the leak detector may determine and report a leak severity index. Such an index may combine data that quantifies different types of leak events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: ResMed Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Dushyant RAO, Jeffrey Peter ARMITSTEAD, Dinesh RAMANAN
  • Patent number: 12231714
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are playback devices, groups of playback devices, and methods of operating playback devices and groupings thereof, wherein individual playback devices are configured to detect and correct clock rate drift by synchronizing a clock rate and perhaps clock time of a local clock to a remote time source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Sheen, Steven Bechardt, Jeffrey Peters
  • Patent number: 12216820
    Abstract: A method for compensating for a visual impairment in a virtual reality environment, by multiple computer systems associated with a head mounted display, including, rendering an initial image for display in a virtual reality environment, determining a first visual adjustment to the HMD based on an input received by the HMD, the input being associated with a visual impairment of a user of the HMD, determining that the first visual adjustment does not satisfy a threshold measure of compensation for the visual impairment of the user, determining a second visual adjustment to the HMD, and rendering an adjusted image for display in the virtual reality environment based on the first visual adjustment and the second visual adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Penumbra, Inc.
    Inventors: William Ka-Pui Yee, Jeffrey Peter Bellinghausen
  • Patent number: 12211865
    Abstract: Implementations of semiconductor packages may include: a digital signal processor having a first side and a second side and an image sensor array, having a first side and a second side. The first side of the image sensor array may be coupled to the second side of the digital signal processor through a plurality of hybrid bond interconnect (HBI) bond pads and an edge seal. One or more openings may extend from the second side of the image sensor array into the second side of the digital signal processor to an etch stop layer in the second side of the digital signal processor. The one or more openings may form a second edge seal between the plurality of HBI bond pads and the edge of the digital signal processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Peter Gambino, Kyle Thomas, David T. Price, Rusty Winzenread, Bruce Greenwood
  • Publication number: 20250006766
    Abstract: Circuitry is provided that includes a first die, a second die, and a third die that are vertically stacked. The second die may have a front side facing the third die and a back side facing the first die. The first die can include a plurality of single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs). The second die can include a plurality of switches coupled to cathode terminals of the plurality of SPADs in the first die. The third die can include digital readout logic coupled to the plurality of switches in the second die. The plurality of switches in the second die can be power using a high voltage and are sometimes referred to as analog high voltage switches. The digital readout logic in the third die can be power using a voltage that is lower than the high voltage being used to power the second die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Peter GAMBINO, Jaroslav PJENCAK, Radim SPETIK, Michael Gerard KEYES, Vincenzo SESTA, Moshe AGAM
  • Patent number: 12175160
    Abstract: A first playback device is configured to (1) determine, based on a group configuration of a synchrony group including the first playback device and a second playback device, that the first playback device, and not the second playback device, is to operate as a group coordinator for the synchrony group, wherein the group coordinator transmits audio content and playback timing information, (2) begin to operate as the group coordinator, (3) while operating as the group coordinator, determine respective battery state variable values for the first and second playback devices, (4) based on the respective battery state variable values, determine that a computing device other than the first playback device is to operate as the group coordinator, and (5) based on the determining, (i) discontinue operating as the group coordinator and (ii) cause the computing device to operate as the group coordinator instead of the first playback device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Hrishikesh Gossain, Gary Fox, Jeff Derderian, Jeffrey Peters
  • Patent number: 12177278
    Abstract: An example playback device includes programming for executing functions including, while connected to both (i) a local area network and (ii) an audio playback network configured separately from the local area network and arranged for playback of media content via at least the playback device, receiving from a network device via the local area network, a request for the network device to connect to the audio playback network. The functions also include, in response to the request, transmitting to the network device via the local area network, a message indicating an identifier of the audio playback network and a password for accessing the audio playback network. The functions also include exchanging one or more messages with the network device via the audio playback network to authenticate the network device for the audio playback network and receiving an audio playback command from the network device via the audio playback network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas A. J. Millington, Jeffrey Peters, Michael Agerbak, Steven R. Beckhardt
  • Publication number: 20240412629
    Abstract: A portable traffic signal system with multiple signal heads where a substantially horizontal telescopic arm is used to support multiple signal heads, where each additional remote stage is initially inclined with respect to an adjacent less remote stage and multiple traffic signal control boxes are held to a trailer using a ā€œJā€ hook and a hole in a trailer floor, in combination with a hand crank jack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventor: Gene Jeffrey Peters
  • Publication number: 20240371905
    Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a first chip that includes a first wafer and a first dielectric layer disposed thereon. The semiconductor device may include a second chip that includes a second wafer and a second dielectric layer disposed thereon, the second chip having a backside surface and a frontside surface opposed to the backside surface, the second chip being bonded to the first chip at the frontside surface to define a bond line between the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer. An opening through the backside surface of the second chip may extend into the second dielectric layer, and a bond pad may be disposed within the second dielectric layer between the second wafer and the bond line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Swarnal BORTHAKUR, Marc Allen SULFRIDGE, Jeffrey Peter GAMBINO, Vladimir KOROBOV, Richard MAURITZSON, David T. PRICE
  • Publication number: 20240361234
    Abstract: A spectrograph includes a base, a first optic mounted with respect to the base, a second optic mounted with respect to the base, and a third optic mounted with respect to the base. A first relative position between the first optic and the second optic is adjustable about a first pivot axis. A second relative position between the second optic and the third optic is adjustable about a second pivot axis independently from the adjustability of the relative position between the first optic and the second optic. The second pivot axis is substantially coincident with the first pivot axis, and a distance between the third optic and the second optic is fixed during adjustment of the second relative position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Julian Irwin, Jeffrey Peter Wong
  • Patent number: 12102756
    Abstract: Automated methods provide leak detection that may be implemented in a respiratory treatment apparatus. In some embodiments, the detection apparatus may automatically determine and score different types of leak events during a treatment session, including, for example, continuous mouth leak events and valve-like mouth leak events. The detection methodologies may be implemented as a data analysis of a specific purpose computer or a detection device that measures a respiratory airflow or a respiratory treatment apparatus that provides a respiratory treatment regime based on the detected leak. In some embodiments, the leak detector may determine and report a leak severity index. Such an index may combine data that quantifies different types of leak events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: ResMed Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Dushyant Rao, Jeffrey Peter Armitstead, Dinesh Ramanan
  • Publication number: 20240321924
    Abstract: An imaging device may include single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs). To mitigate crosstalk, isolation structures may be formed around each SPAD. The isolation structures may include front side deep trench isolation structures that extend partially or fully through a semiconductor substrate for the SPADs. The isolation structures may include a metal filler such as tungsten that absorbs photons. The isolation structures may include a p-type doped semiconductor liner to mitigate dark current. The isolation structures may include a buffer layer such as silicon dioxide that is interposed between the metal filler and the p-type doped semiconductor liner. The isolation structures may have a tapered portion or may be formed in two steps such that the isolation structures have different portions with different properties. An additional filler such as polysilicon or borophosphosilicate glass may be included in some of the isolation structures in addition to the metal filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Peter GAMBINO, David T. PRICE, Marc Allen SULFRIDGE, Richard MAURITZSON, Michael Gerard KEYES, Ryan RETTMANN, Kevin MCSTAY
  • Publication number: 20240310909
    Abstract: A method for compensating for a visual impairment in a virtual reality environment, by multiple computer systems associated with a head mounted display, including, rendering an initial image for display in a virtual reality environment, determining a first visual adjustment to the HMD based on an input received by the HMD, the input being associated with a visual impairment of a user of the HMD, determining that the first visual adjustment does not satisfy a threshold measure of compensation for the visual impairment of the user, determining a second visual adjustment to the HMD, and rendering an adjusted image for display in the virtual reality environment based on the first visual adjustment and the second visual adjustment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: William Ka-Pui Yee, Jeffrey Peter Bellinghausen
  • Publication number: 20240297099
    Abstract: A structure includes a semiconductor substrate having a through-substrate via (TSV) extending from a backside of the semiconductor substrate up to an insulator layer disposed on a frontside of the semiconductor substrate. The insulator layer is exposed at a bottom of the TSV and an insulating liner is disposed on a sidewall of the TSV. A spacer layer is disposed conformally on the insulating liner on the sidewall and the bottom of the TSV, and a contact opening is formed through the spacer layer and the insulator layer at the bottom of TSV. The contact opening extends from the bottom of TSV through the insulator layer to a metal pad inside the insulator layer. A layer of the conductive material is deposited in the contact opening and on the sidewall of the TSV forming a vertical interconnection from the backside of the semiconductor substrate to the metal pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Peter GAMBINO, Swarnal BORTHAKUR
  • Patent number: 12067873
    Abstract: A portable traffic signal system with multiple signal heads where a substantially horizontal telescopic arm is used to support multiple signal heads, where each additional remote stage is initially inclined with respect to an adjacent less remote stage and multiple traffic signal control boxes are held to a trailer using a ā€œJā€ hook and a hole in a trailer floor, in combination with a hand crank jack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: O.M.J.C. Signal, Inc.
    Inventor: Gene Jeffrey Peters
  • Patent number: 12064255
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods provide compliance management tools such as for respiratory pressure therapy. In some versions, a respiratory pressure therapy system may include one or more processors, such as of a data server, configured to communicate with a computing device and/or a respiratory pressure therapy device. The respiratory pressure therapy device may be configured to deliver respiratory pressure therapy to a patient for a session. The computing device may be associated with the patient. The processor(s) may be further configured to compute a therapy quality indicator of the session from usage data relating to the session. The therapy quality indicator may be a number derived from contributions of a plurality of usage variables for the session in the usage data. The processor(s) may be further configured to present, such as by transmitting, the therapy quality indicator to the computing device. The therapy quality indicator may promote patient compliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: ResMed Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Peter Armitstead, Mark David Buckley, Michael Waclaw Colefax, Susan Robyn Lynch, Dion Charles Chewe Martin, Gregory Robert Peake, Dinesh Ramanan, Jamie Graeme Wehbeh, Natalie Zotelo