Patents by Inventor Julian Becker Ferreira

Julian Becker Ferreira 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).

  • Charge-pump for a gate driver of a switched DC/DC converter
    Patent number: 11196339
    Abstract: A switching converter having a voltage input, a voltage output and a transistor connected between the voltage input and the voltage output, the switching converter including a control circuit comprising: a gate driver having an input, a first voltage supply input, a second voltage supply input and an output operable to be connected to a control terminal of the transistor; a bootstrap capacitor connected between the first voltage supply input and the second voltage supply input; and a charge pump having an input operable to be connected to the voltage input and an output connected to the first voltage supply input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Eduardas Jodka, Julian Becker Ferreira, Christian Harder, Florian Schimkat