Patents by Inventor Joseph Archambault

Joseph Archambault 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: 6661210
    Abstract: A capacitorless DC-DC converter provides a controlled output voltage to a load, and includes a relatively wide bandwidth linear regulator placed in parallel with a switching regulator. Output signals from the linear regulator and switching regulator are added to form a combined output signal provided to the load. The switching regulator provides steady state current to the load, while the linear regulator provides higher-frequency transient current as needed. Because the linear regulator's transient response compensates for the limited transient response of the switching regulator, the substantial low-ESR output capacitance that is customarily required by conventional switching regulators is not needed. Further, feedback to the linear regulator taken from the combined output signal causes it to generate anti-phase ripple compensation, thereby reducing the magnitude of switching ripple in the converter's combined output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Telfonaktiebolaget L.M. Ericsson
    Inventors: Donald Kimball, Joseph Archambault, Walter Haley