Patents by Inventor Johnny Gudmund Bjornsen

Johnny Gudmund Bjornsen 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).

  • Apparatus for power consumption reduction in electronic circuitry and associated methods
    Patent number: 10739845
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a circuit that has a normal mode of operation and a low-power mode of operation. The circuit consumes more power in the normal mode of operation than in the low-power mode of operation. The apparatus further includes a power-supply circuit. The power-supply circuit provides a normal supply voltage to the circuit in the normal mode of operation. The power-supply circuit includes a non-linear circuit to provide a compressed supply voltage to the circuit in the low-power mode of operation, wherein the normal supply voltage is greater than the compressed supply voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Praveen Kallam, Johnny Gudmund Bjornsen, Kenneth W. Fernald, Scott Willingham, Pavel Konecny
  • Apparatus for Power Consumption Reduction in Electronic Circuitry and Associated Methods
    Publication number: 20190163257
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a circuit that has a normal mode of operation and a low-power mode of operation. The circuit consumes more power in the normal mode of operation than in the low-power mode of operation. The apparatus further includes a power-supply circuit. The power-supply circuit provides a normal supply voltage to the circuit in the normal mode of operation. The power-supply circuit includes a non-linear circuit to provide a compressed supply voltage to the circuit in the low-power mode of operation, wherein the normal supply voltage is greater than the compressed supply voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Praveen Kallam, Johnny Gudmund Bjornsen, Kenneth W. Fernald, Scott Willingham, Pavel Konecny
  • Apparatus for power consumption reduction in electronic circuitry and associated methods
    Patent number: 10139896
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a circuit that has a normal mode of operation and a low-power mode of operation. The circuit consumes more power in the normal mode of operation than in the low-power mode of operation. The apparatus further includes a power-supply circuit. The power-supply circuit provides a normal supply voltage to the circuit in the normal mode of operation. The power-supply circuit includes a non-linear circuit to provide a compressed supply voltage to the circuit in the low-power mode of operation, wherein the normal supply voltage is greater than the compressed supply voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Praveen Kallam, Johnny Gudmund Bjornsen, Kenneth W. Fernald, Scott Willingham, Pavel Konecny
  • Apparatus for Power Consumption Reduction in Electronic Circuitry and Associated Methods
    Publication number: 20170010660
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a circuit that has a normal mode of operation and a low-power mode of operation. The circuit consumes more power in the normal mode of operation than in the low-power mode of operation. The apparatus further includes a power-supply circuit. The power-supply circuit provides a normal supply voltage to the circuit in the normal mode of operation. The power-supply circuit includes a non-linear circuit to provide a compressed supply voltage to the circuit in the low-power mode of operation, wherein the normal supply voltage is greater than the compressed supply voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Praveen Kallam, Johnny Gudmund Bjornsen, Kenneth W. Fernald, Scott Willingham, Pavel Konecny