Patents by Inventor Joseph Alexander Horanzy

Joseph Alexander Horanzy 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).

  • Current sense circuit that operates over a wide range of currents
    Patent number: 9684018
    Abstract: The magnitude of an output current that flows into a load is determined by placing a sense bipolar transistor and a sense resistor in series with the load, utilizing the non-linear current characteristics of the base-emitter junction of the sense bipolar transistor to compress and sense an emitter current logarithmically, and then performing an inverse log function to determine the emitter current, which is substantially identical to the output current that flows into the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Joseph Alexander Horanzy
  • CURRENT SENSE CIRCUIT THAT OPERATES OVER A WIDE RANGE OF CURRENTS
    Publication number: 20160139187
    Abstract: The magnitude of an output current that flows into a load is determined by placing a sense bipolar transistor and a sense resistor in series with the load, utilizing the non-linear current characteristics of the base-emitter junction of the sense bipolar transistor to compress and sense an emitter current logarithmically, and then performing an inverse log function to determine the emitter current, which is substantially identical to the output current that flows into the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Joseph Alexander Horanzy