Patents by Inventor Jukka-Peeka Kittilä

Jukka-Peeka Kittilä 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).

  • Limiting of temperature variations of semiconductor component
    Patent number: 9712150
    Abstract: A method and an arrangement of limiting temperature variations in a semiconductor component of a switching converter, the method comprising determining a quantity relating to operation temperature of the switching converter, determining temperature of the semiconductor component, selecting a maximum value of switching frequency of the switching converter based on the determined quantity relating to operation temperature of the switching converter and the temperature of the semiconductor component, and limiting the switching frequency of the semiconductor component of the switching converter to the selected switching frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: ABB Technology OY
    Inventors: Teemu Salmia, Jukka-Peeka Kittilä, Marko Raatikainen
  • LIMITING OF TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS OF SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20160118975
    Abstract: A method and an arrangement of limiting temperature variations in a semiconductor component of a switching converter, the method comprising determining a quantity relating to operation temperature of the switching converter, determining temperature of the semiconductor component, selecting a maximum value of switching frequency of the switching converter based on the determined quantity relating to operation temperature of the switching converter and the temperature of the semiconductor component, and limiting the switching frequency of the semiconductor component of the switching converter to the selected switching frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Teemu Salmia, Jukka-Peeka Kittilä, Marko Raatikainen