Patents by Inventor Marcus Suhonen

Marcus Suhonen 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: 9312859
    Abstract: A switching circuit that switches voltage at an output node includes a first switch element configured to enable supplying a first voltage from a first supply node to the output node, a second switch element configured to enable supplying a second voltage from a second supply node to the output node, and a controller. The controller switches the first and the second switch element between a first state and a second state depending on an input voltage. In the first state, the first switch element is in a conducting state and the second switch element is in a non-conducting state, and, in the second state the first switch element is in a non-conducting state and the second switch element is in a conducting state, the switching being performed through an intermediate state in which both the first and the second switch element are in the non-conducting state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: ST-ERICSSON SA
    Inventor: Marcus Suhonen
  • Publication number: 20140370943
    Abstract: A switching circuit (100, 200) for switching a voltage at an output node (120), comprises a first switch element (T1) coupled between a first supply node (110) and the output node (120), the first supply node (110) being at a first supply voltage (VDD), and a second switch element (T2) coupled between a second supply node (130) and the output node (120), the second supply node (130) being at a second supply voltage (Vss)- A switch controller (140) is arranged to, dependent on an input signal (VIN), switch the switching circuit (100, 200) between a first state, in which the first switch element (T1) is in a conducting state and the second switch element (T2) is in a non-conducting state, and a second state, in which the first switch element (T1) is in a non-conducting state and the second switch element (T2) is in a conducting state, through an intermediate state in which both the first switch element (T1) and the second switch element (T2) are in the non-conducting state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventor: Marcus Suhonen