Patents by Inventor Manuel Egle

Manuel Egle 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).

  • Publication number: 20250063642
    Abstract: The invention relates to a feedback-controlled switched converter, comprising: at least one switch, terminals for supplying an LED load, a control unit being supplied with a feedback signal indicating a load current of the LED load. The control unit is configured to: generate an output signal on the basis of the feedback signal, combine the output signal with a periodic modulation signal in order to obtain a control signal, the control signal being configured to set an operation parameter of the at least one switch, apply the control signal to the at least one switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: Tridonic GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Manuel Egle, Lukas Saccavini, Hans Auer
  • Publication number: 20250024572
    Abstract: The invention concerns a converter circuit for providing a load current to a load, in particular to a lighting device such as a LED lighting module. The converter circuit comprises at least one switch configured to switch between a conducting state and a non-conducting state based on a switch control signal. A current sense circuit of the converter circuit generates a current sense signal based on a sensed current via the switch. Based on the current sense signal, a control circuit of the converter circuit generates the switch control signal. The control circuit controls the switch to switch asynchronously from the conducting state to the non-conducting state when the current sense signal reaches a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Tridonic GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Stefan Stark, Clemens Kucera, Manuel Egle
  • Patent number: 10172191
    Abstract: A driver circuit is provided for lighting means, in particular for one or more LEDs, having an LLC circuit with an inverter which is clocked by means of at least two switches and is designed to supply a resonant circuit, wherein the resonant circuit is coupled to a primary winding of a transformer for transforming electrical energy from the primary winding to a secondary winding, and the lighting means can be supplied with current starting from the secondary winding, having a control unit which is designed to control the switch of the inverter after an activation of the driver circuit during a start phase, in such a way that after a single or after multiple alternating cycles of the switch, the cycling of the switch is suspended for the duration of at least one alternating cycling of the switch until a criterion for ending the start phase is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: TRIDONIC GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Christian Nesensohn, Manuel Egle
  • Publication number: 20170325299
    Abstract: A driver circuit is provided for lighting means, in particular for one or more LEDs, having an LLC circuit with an inverter which is clocked by means of at least two switches and is designed to supply a resonant circuit, wherein the resonant circuit is coupled to a primary winding of a transformer for transforming electrical energy from the primary winding to a secondary winding, and the lighting means can be supplied with current starting from the secondary winding, having a control unit which is designed to control the switch of the inverter after an activation of the driver circuit during a start phase, in such a way that after a single or after multiple alternating cycles of the switch, the cycling of the switch is suspended for the duration of at least one alternating cycling of the switch until a criterion for ending the start phase is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: TRIDONIC GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Christian Nesensohn, Manuel Egle