Patents by Inventor Jeffrey S. Earl

Jeffrey S. Earl 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: 5973895
    Abstract: A circuit for disabling a two-phase charge pump includes a pump select circuit and a disable control circuit. The pump select circuit is configured to select one control signal from a plurality of control signals in response to at least one select signal. The selected signal is in effect provided to the disable control circuit, which also receives a pump disable signal. A voltage sensing circuit asserts the pump disable signal when the pumped voltage reaches a predetermined maximum level. While the pump disable signal is de-asserted, the disable control circuit in effect provides the selected signal to the two-phase charge pump as a pump control signal. However, when the pump disable signal is asserted, the disable control signal latches the current logic level of the pump control signal so that the pump control signal does not transition while the pump disable signal is asserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Luigi Ternullo, Jr., Jeffrey S. Earl